Most concurrent players on Steam for a strategy videogame

Most concurrent players on Steam for a strategy videogame
Who
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
What
162,314 total number
Where
Not Applicable
When
09 November 2016

Within days of its 21 October 2016 release, Sid Meier's Civilization VI proved one of the most popular games on Steam. That month, the number of gamers undertaking its historical warfare at the same time peaked at 162,314, topping genre heavyweights Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition (118,240), Total War: WARHAMMER (111,909) and Sid Meier's Civilization V (91,020). It also registered the fifth highest peak playing figures overall behind Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Fallout 4 and GTA V. The developer also reported that the game had reached 1 million players overall in just 2 weeks – a huge feat for a game released only for PC and Mac platforms.

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