Cyberpunk 2077 hits 162,291 concurrent Steam players
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Cyberpunk 2077 reached its highest concurrent player count on Steam in three years on October 24. Reports say the increase follows update 2.5 and the launch of Edgerunners Season 2.
Cyberpunk 2077 · official art via IGDBCyberpunk 2077 reached a peak of 162,291 concurrent players on Steam on October 24, according to SteamDB and Steam charts. This is the highest player count for the game in three years. On October 18, the peak was 67,873 players. The game last saw this level of interest in October 2023, when the Phantom Liberty expansion launch drove a peak of over 274,000 players.
The surge follows the release of update 2.5 and the launch of Edgerunners Season 2. Update 2.5 introduced dual-wielding along with a mission acting as a lead-up to the anime's next run. To mark the anime launch, CDPR discounted Cyberpunk 2077 by 70% on Steam. At 9:43 PM New York time on October 24, Steam reported 115,451 people playing the game.
Background On October 22, CD Projekt Red released the free Edgerunners 2 update for Cyberpunk 2077. Our earlier story
Cyberpunk 2077 at a glance
- Players on Steam
- Peak 162,291 on Oct 24
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