The Half-Life 2 community came together today to set the game's highest concurrent player count since records began.
In mid-July, Valve game YouTubers joined up to issue players the "Breaking the Bar" challenge: beat Half-Life 2's concurrents record by playing the game at 4pm today, 14th August.
The community wasn't exactly sure what Half-Life 2's concurrent peak was prior to today. According to Steam Charts, whose data goes back to July 2012, it was 6882, set back in March 2020 and sparked by the release of Half-Life: Alyx.