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Eight years after arriving on Steam, VRChat just hit a new peak concurrent player count

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VRChat is still technically in early access.

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Its reputation as a virtual Roblox for catgirls, memelords, and Sonic the Hedgehog cosplayers hasn't done VRChat any harm, with player numbers continuing to rise. As SteamDB reports, VRChat recently hit a record peak concurrent player count of 66,284 on Steam—though that doesn't count users accessing it via the Meta store, Google Play, or elsewhere.

VRChat enjoys a record number of players on New Year's Eve every year, when a big official party serves as a meet-up spot for players who then head off to do their own thing elsewhere. It probably also helps that a bunch of people who got headsets for Christmas spend the next couple of weeks living in virtual reality, then put them in a cupboard by February.

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