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Steam Surpasses 12 Million Concurrent Users

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Looks like Steam's Christmas blunder hasn't had any effect on the client's usage. This weekend, Steam reached over 12 million concurrent users—exactly 12,330,445 at the time of writing.

The eight-figure number was hit just before noon (EST) on Sunday and continued to rise from there. The top two games being played are, unsurprisingly, Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Fallout 4, Grand Theft Auto V, and Football Manager 2016 follow after a gap in the hundreds of thousands.

Steam's Winter Sale—which ends January 4—probably plays a part in the record-breaking user count. Adding intrigue to the sale, Valve is running a mysterious alternate-reality game on Steam with lots of internet detectives are on the case.

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