The Cyberpunk 2077 player count on Steam hit its highest level in over two years on June 28, 2026. The open-world game’s 24-hour peak reached 87,205 concurrent players that day, according to Steam Charts.
That figure is more than triple the roughly 20,000 to 30,000 players Cyberpunk 2077 typically draws on a given day. It is also the closest the game has come to matching the numbers it posted after the 2023 launch of its Phantom Liberty expansion.
The last time the Cyberpunk 2077 player count climbed this high was December 2023. It reached 88,875 that month during a period of steep holiday discounts.
That spike followed the September 2023 release of Phantom Liberty, CD Projekt Red‘s expansion for the game. Phantom Liberty pushed the concurrent player count to 273,990 at its peak. The June 2026 surge arrived without a new expansion or major content update, which makes the jump more notable.
What’s driving the cyberpunk 2077 player count spike
Several factors converged in the days before the spike. The Steam Summer Sale began on June 25, 2026, cutting Cyberpunk 2077’s price to $17.99. That discount alone was steep enough to draw back lapsed players.
Around the same time, a DLC-sized crossover launched with Wuthering Waves. It introduced a story featuring characters from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, the Netflix anime set in the same universe. The crossover has drawn a strong response from players on both sides of the collaboration.
Anticipation for Edgerunners 2, the sequel to the anime, has also grown following the release of a new trailer. The trailer appears to have sent players back to Night City ahead of the show’s return. No direct in-game tie-in has been announced yet.
CD Projekt Red has also teased additional updates for Cyberpunk 2077 without giving specifics. The studio remains in early development on a sequel to the game.
Steam numbers versus total reach
Steam Charts data reflects only one storefront, and Cyberpunk 2077 is available across nearly every major gaming platform. As a result, the total number of active players is almost certainly higher than the Steam figures alone suggest.
Still, Steam remains the most consistently tracked public data source for player activity. It functions as a useful gauge of a title’s momentum, even when it undercounts the full player base.
The Cyberpunk 2077 player count spike has not been tied to any new content release. CD Projekt Red has confirmed only that it is continuing work on a sequel to the game, without a set release window.
- June 28, 2026: 87,205 24-hour peak players, the highest since December 2023
- December 2023: 88,875 peak, tied to holiday discounts
- September 2023: 273,990 peak, tied to the Phantom Liberty launch
- Typical daily peak: 20,000 to 30,000 players