It was only a few months ago when there were talks about Dota 2 hemorrhaging players, and some people saying Valve should switch back to Source 1 engine:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1118596
But since then, the game has been on a steady rise again in playerbase again. It has been nearly a year since the last time the game went over a million, and that was also during a giant holiday event that encouraged people to log in at the same time. The interesting thing is that it hit 1 million concurrent on what is just a pretty average Saturday.
http://steamcharts.com/app/570
The game has nearly gotten back to its previous peaks of max monthly players. It was at 12 Million at the end of August, just before the Reborn update hit.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1118596
But since then, the game has been on a steady rise again in playerbase again. It has been nearly a year since the last time the game went over a million, and that was also during a giant holiday event that encouraged people to log in at the same time. The interesting thing is that it hit 1 million concurrent on what is just a pretty average Saturday.
http://steamcharts.com/app/570
The game has nearly gotten back to its previous peaks of max monthly players. It was at 12 Million at the end of August, just before the Reborn update hit.