{"id":"5f779db7-78e7-4f36-8880-0214a6f01249","task":"Retrieve live concurrent player counts for a Steam app using GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers","domain":"partner.steamgames.com","steps":["Call GET https://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/ with the target appid -- no API key is required","Read the response's player_count and result fields (result 1 indicates success)","Cache results and poll at a sane interval rather than per-request, since this is a coarse, slowly-changing metric","Combine with GetGlobalStatsForGame if you also need aggregate global stat totals rather than just concurrent player count","Handle apps with no data (e.g., unreleased or delisted titles) returning a zero or error result gracefully"],"gotchas":["The count only reflects players connected through Steam -- players in offline/LAN sessions or on non-Steam builds are not counted","This endpoint is unauthenticated and public, so don't assume it requires (or respects) a developer Web API key for access control"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-08T20:25:22.277Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/5f779db7-78e7-4f36-8880-0214a6f01249"}