Number of Red Dead Redemption 2 players per Steam hit a record high over Thanksgiving weekend, which was a great way to celebrate the fourth anniversary of Red Dead Online. Rockstar's cowboy epic is undeniably one of the best western games out there, so it's no surprise that it continues to be popular. However, given that the developer appears to be saying goodbye to Red Dead Online ahead of GTA 6's release, it's likely that its resurgence in the charts is due to other factors.
Red Dead Online launched on November 27, 2018, which means we've just celebrated four years of existence as an online sandbox game. Of course, PC players didn't get the chance to explore the open world of the Old West for themselves until RDR2 released on PC on November 5, 2019, almost a full year later. However, since then they have been making up for lost time. With many Americans having time to spare over the Thanksgiving weekend and the fall sales in Steam offers a deep discount on the game, it seems that many players have decided to purchase it right now.
Tracking site Steam SteamDB сообщает On November 27, it reached an all-time peak of 66 concurrent players, the highest for Red Dead Redemption 492 since its launch. The graph also shows continued growth, with the peak number of users increasing steadily every day since the fall sale began. Official schedule Steam also reports a peak at 66, following the general trend: their data is slightly lower than the data SteamDB.
