Following the highly anticipated 1.6 update yesterday, Stardew Valley broke all its previous records in terms of the number of concurrent players on Steam.
The massively popular indie title has a new peak CCU (concurrent users) of 147,612 and currently stands at number 7 on Steam’s list of most played games. The actual number is rumored to be much higher, since the aforementioned data does not count players accessing the game on GOG or Xbox Game Pass.
Stardew Valley 1.6 added a ton of new content to the farm-and-life sim, including new maps, pets, NPC dialogues, and more. As loyal players rushed back to the game, it quickly climbed the Steam charts, beating the likes of Palworld, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Call of Duty.
This is no ordinary feat considering Stardew Valley was developed by a single person and has sold over 30 million units till date. Released almost a decade ago, the game received its last major update in 2020. The 1.6 patch is the biggest Stardew Valley update so far, and developer Eric Barone aka ConcernedApe continues to make improvements on the evergreen game.
As it currently stands, Stardew Valley is the most played game under Steam’s Farming Sim category, beating Farming Simulator 2 and Dave the Diver by a huge margin.