Halo Infinite has the most concurrent players on Steam of all Xbox titles

Halo Infinite’s multiplayer peaked at 272,586 concurrent players last night. With that, this first-person shooter has the most concurrent players of any game Xbox Game Studios has released on Steam to date.

Before that, Halo: The Master Chief Collection was the most popular Xbox game on Steam with about 161 thousand simultaneous players, followed by Forza Horizon 5 with about 81 thousand players. It makes sense that Halo Infinite is now in the top spot, considering this is Xbox’s first free-to-play title on Steam.

Only the multiplayer of Halo Infinite is free to play. It was released yesterday during the Xbox Anniversary Celebration livestream. The game is officially still in beta, but does contain all maps and the full battlepass. The paid single-player campaign will be released on December 8. The game is also available on Xbox One and Xbox Series S|X.

Last week, Microsoft announced that Forza Horizon 5 had the largest release day of any Xbox Game Studios title with a total of 4.5 million players across PC, cloud and consoles. Currently, the game has about 8.7 million players. Microsoft has not disclosed any Halo Infinite player numbers for Xbox consoles. Whether the game has crossed the 4.5 million player mark on release day is not yet known.