Summary
Eight months after its launch on Steam in October 2023,Diablo 4hit a new record for concurrent players.Diablo 4originally launched on June 23, 2025, and on PC, the game was initially only available to play via Blizzard’s own launcher, Battle.net. Later that year, Blizzard releasedDiablo 4on Steam.
Blizzard began re-releasing its games on Steam in August 2023. On Aug 01, 2025,Blizzard launchedOverwatch 2on Steam, which signaled a rejuvenation for the game (albeit at the cost of a review bombing), expanding the game’s reach beyond the confines of Battle.net. Following the success of this release, Blizzard launchedDiablo 4on the platform, bringing in an influx of new players to the game. Now eight months later,Diablo 4has reached new heights on the platform.
Diablo 4 Smashes All-Time Player Count
Diablo 4recently broke its concurrent player record, reaching an all-time high of 38,981 players according toSteamDB. This comes off the heels ofDiablo 4’s season 4 launch, meaning season 4’s launch not only brought back old players, but encouraged new ones to try out the title. Additionally, these players have stuck with the game weeks after the new season’s launch. For comparison, Season 2 peaked at 28, 836 players and Season 3 peaked at just 15,343 players.
Diablo 4hitting 38,981 players is the second time the game has broken its player record count in a row. When Season 4 launched,Diablo 4broke its concurrent player count. Now, it’s happened again just a few weeks later. The 38,981 player count only represents a small percentage of the actual currentDiablo 4players, as there are also console players to take into consideration. Those aren’t even all the players on PC, either, only those playing the game via Steam. Since the game launched on Battle.net four months before it launched on Steam, a large portion ofDiablo 4’sinstall base on PC remains on that platform. The game is also available to play on PC via Xbox Game Pass.
Blizzard putDiablo 4on saleon June 2, which is likely contributing to the all-time player count being broken as well. DespiteDiablo 4having a rocky launch, the game now has a mostly positive rating on Steam, and withseason 4 well underway, the game is showing no signs of slowing down.
