How many concurrent players did PUBG reach on Steam in January 2018?

PUBG reached about 3.2 million concurrent players on Steam in January 2018. The milestone represented people playing at the same time, not total copies sold or monthly active users.

PUBG’s surge began during its Steam Early Access period, which launched in March 2017. It passed 1 million concurrent players in September, 2 million in October, and 3 million by the end of 2017. The January 2018 figure was commonly reported as just over 3.2 million, making PUBG one of Steam’s biggest success stories.

The number is often confused with PUBG’s sales figures, which were also enormous but measure a different thing. It also refers to the original PC version on Steam, not PUBG Mobile, Xbox players, or the game’s worldwide daily audience. Steam’s peak-player statistic is a momentary record rather than a count of unique players over a month.