Steam Spring Sale Ending
Steam’s Spring Sale wraps today — shoppers have until 17:00 GMT to grab hundreds of discounts, including a curated list of the top 25 co‑op games under $10. (gg.deals) Steam also set a new concurrent‑user record for the third time in 2026, so expect heavier traffic and sporadic storefront oddities in the sale’s final hours. (gamegrin.com)
SteamDB recorded an all‑time concurrent‑users peak of 42,318,602 on March 22, 2026. (steamdb.info)) An earlier jump to 42,042,778 on January 11, 2026 shows Steam has pushed its peak multiple times so far this year. (notebookcheck.net)) SteamDB’s event notices attribute part of the March 22 surge to individual title spikes: Crimson Desert peaked at 248,530 concurrent players, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare at 61,667, and DEATH STRANDING 2 at 57,682 that day. (steamcommunity.com)) Valve’s Steam stats page was updated on March 22, 2026, and third‑party trackers like SteamDB pull from Steam’s public API to report those platform peaks. (store.steampowered.com)) High‑traffic events have previously produced storefront errors and purchase failures—community reports documented widespread 502 purchase errors for Slay the Spire 2 on March 5, 2026, and outage trackers recorded an approximately two‑hour Steam outage on March 20, 2026. (sts2-wiki.org)) Steam’s Purchasing Issues FAQ and support pages list troubleshooting and payment guidance—clearing Steam’s web cache, trying alternate payment methods, and disabling VPNs are common recommendations, and pending card holds can take up to 30 days to clear. (help.steampowered.com))
