The success continues: PUBG is shooting past Dust2 and Nuke to take second place from CS:GO. Now there is only one game left in the Steam charts that occupies the first place for the most simultaneous players.
The record hunt of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is entertaining and a bit like watching a new football team fighting its way up the Bundesliga, match by match.
The shooter with the “battle royale” principle is currently still in Early Access but already has a large community of many enthusiastic players. Will it reach the big leap to first place?
The most simultaneous players, PUBG now behind Dota 2
Just a few days ago, we reported that PUBG was ranked among the top games in the Steam charts. This is about the category “most simultaneous players“. Last week, PUBG was the game with the most simultaneous players that was not made by Valve. Only the popular shooter “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” and the popular MOBA “Dota 2” were ahead of it.
In the meantime, Battlegrounds has surpassed CS:GO and is now next up against Dota 2. To reach this hurdle, several players are still needed. Considering the current hype of the battle royale shooter, the goal of first place is quite realistic. What makes Battlegrounds a hit has been discovered by Jürgen in his review.
PUBG has now exceeded the mark of 500,000 simultaneous players. Dota 2 has more than 700,000 current players.
Record-breaking are also the item prices
The shooter has recently started offering cosmetic items, whose prices quickly skyrocketed. Mini-skirts and bandanas are causing high purchase sums in the Steam market. A purple skirt can fetch nearly $500.
Players are also willing to spend a lot of money on hotpants or trench coats. The item prices for cosmetic PUBG content are exploding
