Dota 2 peak concurrent player number on Steam 2016-2022
First released in July 2013, DOTA 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena that was created as a sequel to Defense of the Ancients (DotA). Published by Valve Corporation, which is also the creator of the gaming platform Steam, DOTA 2 reached its record high peak concurrent player number in March 2016 at nearly 1.29 million gamers playing at the same time. In the last measured month, November 2022, the game peaked at over 990 thousand concurrent players.
With the number of monthly active users of DOTA 2 regularly exceeding 7.6 million, the game is one of the most popular on offer on the Steam platform. DOTA 2 was the third most played game on Steam in 2021, beaten only by CS:GO and New World in terms of peak number of concurrent players and hourly average number of players.
As with a lot of the most popular shooter games on PC and console, there is serious money to be won by players who are at the top of their game in DOTA 2. The cumulative DOTA 2 tournament prize pool worldwide in 2021 stood at a cool 47.76 million U.S. dollars. The biggest DOTA 2 tournament is the The International championship, which most recently took place in Singapore in October 2022. The prize pool for the eleventh edition of The International was 18.93 million U.S. dollars, the largest prize pool to date. With such big sums at stake, it is no surprise that viewers watch in their millions to find out who will come out on top. Nearly 1.75 million viewers tuned in to The International in 2022 to watch UK-based team, Tundra Esports, take home the big prize. The 2020 edition of the tournament was cancelled due to the global coronavirus pandemic.
One of the biggest games on Steam
With the number of monthly active users of DOTA 2 regularly exceeding 7.6 million, the game is one of the most popular on offer on the Steam platform. DOTA 2 was the third most played game on Steam in 2021, beaten only by CS:GO and New World in terms of peak number of concurrent players and hourly average number of players.
Big money to be won at DOTA 2 tournaments
As with a lot of the most popular shooter games on PC and console, there is serious money to be won by players who are at the top of their game in DOTA 2. The cumulative DOTA 2 tournament prize pool worldwide in 2021 stood at a cool 47.76 million U.S. dollars. The biggest DOTA 2 tournament is the The International championship, which most recently took place in Singapore in October 2022. The prize pool for the eleventh edition of The International was 18.93 million U.S. dollars, the largest prize pool to date. With such big sums at stake, it is no surprise that viewers watch in their millions to find out who will come out on top. Nearly 1.75 million viewers tuned in to The International in 2022 to watch UK-based team, Tundra Esports, take home the big prize. The 2020 edition of the tournament was cancelled due to the global coronavirus pandemic.
