How many people are playing The First Million right now?

The First Million has 2 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 7 and an all-time peak of 99 on Jul 2026.

What is the all-time peak player count of The First Million?

99 concurrent players on Jul 2026.

When was The First Million released on Steam?

The First Million was released on Steam on 24 Jun 2026.

The First Million News

8 announcements · from The First Million’s Steam news feed

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Major update31 Jul 2026Update #5: New Game Modes!Good news, everyone! After the last update buffed things all around, the game's onboarding and balancing finally feels a lot more polished now — which allowed me to add some cool new things! IMPROVEMENTS · Added a new DAILY SPRINT mode where you compete with other players to see who can get to one million the fastest · Both DAILY SPRINT and DAILY TRIAL now show the number of attempts next to th…

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2 Jul 2026, 19:13 UTC	In-game event	Update #3 is live! Good news everyone! Since the release last week I've been working tirelessly to address as much as possible of the feedback that all of you wonderful people shared. This is what changes with this update: IMPROVEMENTS · Reworked the pricing between cards and upgrades to make sure players don't dilute the card pool too early in the progression: most upgrades are now much cheaper for the first cou…	24027177
1 Jul 2026, 12:59 UTC	Steam news	Update #3 on beta branch! Good news everyone! Pretty much since the release a week ago I've been working tirelessly to address as much of the feedback that all of you wonderful people shared as possible. I am planning to release this big update with proper localization on Friday, but also didn't want to keep all these cool changes from you, so I've published it on a beta branch for now. This is what changed: IMPROVEMENT…	—
26 Jun 2026, 07:36 UTC	In-game event	Patch #2 Hey everyone! I'm still totally blown away by how many of you are playing the game and having fun with it! Thank you all for giving us so much feedback, too. I was working on this patch for next week actually, but one bug turned out to be more critical than I thought, that's why I turned this into a hotfix for today. As such, it does not include localization for the text changes. Here's a compl…	23926806
24 Jun 2026, 20:24 UTC	Game update	Great Launch, First Hotfix! First off: we're blown away by all of you digging this game. A thousand people buying our little indie game within a couple of hours after the release, that's the dream! Thank you all for your feedback, which we will address in time. There was one issue that needed urgent fixing though: The controller focus was lost when starting a new game after unlocking the upgrade which allows to disable ca…	23900015
27 May 2026, 06:08 UTC	Community	The First Million launches June 26 Our tiny team of (currently) two people is very happy to announce the launch date for THE FIRST MILLION ! It's going to be available on June 26, 2026 at 5pm CEST . We can't wait to see which clever card combos you come up with, how much you will earn in the daily trial, and how fast you will make it from a million to a billion! All the progress you make until then in the demo will carry over to…	—

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2 Jul 2026, 19:13 UTC

In-game event

Update #3 is live!

Good news everyone! Since the release last week I've been working tirelessly to address as much as possible of the feedback that all of you wonderful people shared. This is what changes with this update: IMPROVEMENTS · Reworked the pricing between cards and upgrades to make sure players don't dilute the card pool too early in the progression: most upgrades are now much cheaper for the first cou…

24027177

1 Jul 2026, 12:59 UTC

Steam news

Update #3 on beta branch!

Good news everyone! Pretty much since the release a week ago I've been working tirelessly to address as much of the feedback that all of you wonderful people shared as possible. I am planning to release this big update with proper localization on Friday, but also didn't want to keep all these cool changes from you, so I've published it on a beta branch for now. This is what changed: IMPROVEMENT…

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26 Jun 2026, 07:36 UTC

In-game event

Patch #2

Hey everyone! I'm still totally blown away by how many of you are playing the game and having fun with it! Thank you all for giving us so much feedback, too. I was working on this patch for next week actually, but one bug turned out to be more critical than I thought, that's why I turned this into a hotfix for today. As such, it does not include localization for the text changes. Here's a compl…

23926806

24 Jun 2026, 20:24 UTC

Game update

Great Launch, First Hotfix!

First off: we're blown away by all of you digging this game. A thousand people buying our little indie game within a couple of hours after the release, that's the dream! Thank you all for your feedback, which we will address in time. There was one issue that needed urgent fixing though: The controller focus was lost when starting a new game after unlocking the upgrade which allows to disable ca…

23900015

27 May 2026, 06:08 UTC

Community

The First Million launches June 26

Our tiny team of (currently) two people is very happy to announce the launch date for THE FIRST MILLION ! It's going to be available on June 26, 2026 at 5pm CEST . We can't wait to see which clever card combos you come up with, how much you will earn in the daily trial, and how fast you will make it from a million to a billion! All the progress you make until then in the demo will carry over to…

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