Stardew Valley is one of the best indie success stories of the past decade, and that story isn't over yet. Players received a Christmas present in the form of the long-awaited update 1.5, which set the game's record for the biggest player count of all time. Obviously, everyone is waiting for all this new endgame content.
Stardew Valley hit a new concurrent Steam player record of 89,807 on December 27, the first Sunday after update 1.5 arrived. As SteamDB shows, the previous record of 64,427 was set shortly after its release in 2016. The giant player peaks are similar to what we've seen earlier this week with the multiplayer beta in April 2018 and the November 2019 update 1.4, but this one is much bigger than both.
It's not as big of a player count record Terraria set after its Journey's End update earlier this year , but it's a similar effect, because many people who've bought the game over the years have a reason to suddenly jump in.
