2025 has already seen that more Indians hit 100,000 steam players than any other year

Earlier this year, I reported on how 2025 formed to become a star year for Double-A and Indie Game Studios. At the beginning of July, 40 percent of the best performing new games on Steam came from studios in the two above categories. This included less games such as Peak, Repo and Schedule I, as well as some of the larger Double-A games, such as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.

With a number of large Indie games released in September, that trend has continued, as this year has already seen that more Indies met 100,000 simultaneous players on Steam than any other year.

Eight indie games have had more than 100,000 simultaneous players on Steam this year

This year, a huge eight indie game has reached over 100,000 simultaneous players on Steam, according to Steamdb. Some would be expected, like Hollow Knight: Silksong, Hades 2 and Deltarune, but others came out of the blue. Back in August, Peak appeared from nowhere, sold ten million copies and reached a simultaneous number of players of over 170,000.

During the first quarter, schedule in and repo was also massive hits, where the games achieved 459,000 and 271,000 players, respectively. Idle Game Bongo Cat was released between Schedule I and Repo, which hit a peak of 194,000 players, and over the weekend, another surprise title, Megabonk, met 117,000 players and broke the record for most Indie games to meet over 100,000 simultaneous players in a single year.

The 3D vampire survivor-like title, released on September 18, has quickly become a viral sensation and collects over 13,000 Steam Reviews with 94 percent positive rating.

With three months of year left, eight indie titles that pass 100,000 simultaneous users are astonishing. The previous record was set in 2016, with seven matches that reached the milestone, and it was matched again last year.

In 2016, those like Stardew Valley, Human Fall saw Flat, and do not starve together, while last year were Sons of the Forest, Content Warning and Manor Lord's heading games to achieve the performance.

It can be even better for this year as well. Mina The Hollower, the long-awaited title from Shovel Knight Developer Yacht Club Games, will be released at the end of this month, and Moonlighter 2, another Indie giant, planned for release in November. And who should say that the next peak or megabon will not show up before the end of the year?