Dota 2 average player count hits three-year record high
We know Tinder has matched with a MOBA and it isn't Dota 2, but it looks like quite a few more people are matching with this MOBA themselves following the Dota 2 update that improves the 2022 battle pass and offers everyone a free week of Dota Plus. Why do we think that? Well, because the Dota 2 average player count on Steam has risen above 500,000 for the first time in over three years - which is a huge achievement for a game that's this old.
Spotted by Reddit user 'eabold' and confirmed by The Loadout via Steam Charts, Valve's free-to-play MOBA boasted an average player count of 500,013 at around 17:00 PST / 20:00 EST on September 25 and 01:00 BST on September 26. This surprising revelation is built upon by the fact that the game's peak player count for the last 30 days is an impressively high 867,484.
While it's worth noting that at the time of writing this average player count has dropped slightly to just under 498,000 in the last 30 days, it's still an incredible feat. If you're wondering why Dota 2 is rising in popularity again at the moment, it could be down to the aforementioned update. However, it could also be down to 'Grubby'.
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