Ask someone to list the current most played games on Steam. Most would think Counter-Strike <\/em>or even Lethal Company. <\/em>They likely wouldn\u2019t say Team Fortress 2<\/em>, but it’s now sitting comfortably as the fourth most-played game in January.<\/p>
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However, a peak of 215,509 players in December 2023<\/a> is unexpected. At a 69.63 percent increase from November, it has skyrocketed back into peoples\u2019 lives with little to no publicity. Although these numbers are just shy of TF2<\/em>\u2019s all-time high of 253,225 concurrent players\u2014achieved back in July 2023\u2014December\u2019s average concurrent players hit 122,114.4. This blows any previous average since the 2012 Steam launch out of the water.<\/p>
Dec. 7 saw Valve bring all the festive joy to TF2 <\/em>in Santa Clause fashion, carrying the gifts of new maps, cosmetics, and a \u201cHappy Smissmass\u201d event in his sleigh. The seasonal event brought a total of 10 new community maps<\/a>: Snowtower, Krampus, Haarp, Brew, Hacksaw, Turbine Center, Carrier, Galleria, Emerge, and Camber. They also added daily stockings containing \u201cgoodies for good little Mercenaries,\u201d which will be available through to Jan. 7.<\/p>
