Grand Theft Auto 5 now holds the unique honour of holding two of the top ten positions on Steam's concurrent player charts. The release of Grand Theft Auto 5's enhanced edition a couple of days ago.
Those who already own Grand Theft Auto 5 were offered the enhanced edition as a free upgrade. This new version of the game is separate from the older version, similar to Skyrim (Oldrim) and Skyrim Special Edition. In GTA's case, these two versions are called Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced and Grand Theft Auto 5 Legacy. GTA 5 Enhanced is currently the sixth most concurrently played game on Steam, holding a 24-hour peak of 157,463 players. Meanwhile, GTA 5 Legacy is tenth, with a 24-hour peak of 120,243 players. Not bad for a game that released twelve years ago.
It's not possible to verify if this is the only time this phenomenon has occurred, but there aren't many instances of a game having more than one distinct listing on Steam. While Skyrim comes to mind, Grand Theft Auto 5's multiplayer component ensured hundreds of thousands of players were still playing the original version of the game before the enhanced edition was...