PUBG Passes Dota 2's Player Record on Steam

A whopping 1,349,584 concurrent players.

By Alex Osborn

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has set a new record with the highest number of concurrent players for any game ever on Steam.

While the game temporarily passed Dota 2 late last month, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds pulled well ahead of Valve's popular MOBA today. According to Steam's stats page, PUBG amassed a whopping 1,349,584 concurrent players, surpassing Dota 2's prior record of 1,291,328 concurrent players (via Steam Charts).

Earlier this month, creative director Brendan Greene announced that PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has sold over 10 million copies. That number is sure to climb, as the Steam Early Access game is making its way to Xbox One as part of the Game Preview program later this year. Read IGN's recent hands-on impressions of PUBG for our thoughts on the upcoming Xbox One version.

For more on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, read up on what's new in the September patch, which adds foggy weather, a new semi-automatic rifle and more.

Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @alexcosborn.

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