Battlegrounds is Now The Most Played Non-Valve Game on Steam

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Just like it was a few months ago: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is a big, big deal. How do I know? Because the numbers don’t lie. Recently, according to SteamSpy, the game surpassed 6 million copies sold on Steam and now it holds the record for the highest peak player count of any non-Valve game on Steam.

The news came via the game’s official Twitter account itself:


As you may remember a few weeks ago, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds passed GTA V in concurrent players but still had to leap Bethesda’s Fallout 4 before becoming the top non-Valve dog on Steam’s overall peak players ranking.

Looking more carefully at the above provided screenshot provided by the game’s official Twitter account, not only do we see the game closing in on 500,000 peak players (all while still being an Early Access title), but after Fallout 4 and GTA V it is demolishing the rest of the non-Valve competition: outpacing the next two games — Payday 2 and No Man’s Sky — combined.

But that’s non-Valve games. As you can see, if PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds seeks to leapfrog its way to either the No.2 or No.1 spot — replacing either CS:GO or Dota 2 — it has a long way to go, and many more boxes of Wheaties to eat.

In case this is your first time hearing about PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds: all you need to know is players start on a giant island with nothing and must fight in Battle-royale-style gameplay to locate weapons and supplies in a struggle to be the lone survivor. It is currently available via Steam Early Access for $29.99 USD, with a full-release scheduled to hit PC and Xbox One later this year. Eventually it is said to be coming to PS4 as well.

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k3rryPosted:

Great to hear, will be buying this game very soon.

nolanberollinPosted:

the game is actually fun, doesnt need steam

TOXICPosted:

Not surprised the game is lit asf.

RepBanditPosted:

A game I didn't know anything about is everywhere lately. Good to see some underground games being ranked with high end companies.

9ntyPosted:

This is insane it's a good game to play for sure. They're professional gamers that play this game that brings in the audience and then brings other paying for the game.

XboxPosted:

This is awesome news even though I'm not too surprised seeing how this is one of the best games out and everybody seems to enjoy it.

SimpPosted:

Not surprised. It's a great game and tons of people love it. Very well deserved.

gecPosted:

That's actually insane , the game is a total spinoff of his Arma 3 battle royale mod so i'm actually astonished this game gets so much love

MajPosted:

It's an amazing game. No surprise here at all

SilkyPosted:

One of my favourite games currently and I'm sure many would agree that it deserves that huge achievement.