All articles tagged with #concurrent players
Resident Evil Requiem launched on Steam and immediately set a new all-time peak for concurrent players, surpassing the previous record and signaling strong demand for the title as it climbs Steam’s charts.
Marathon's Server Slam drew a peak of 143,621 concurrent players on Steam in its first 24 hours, with the free beta also available on PlayStation and Xbox, signaling strong early momentum ahead of its March 5 launch and positioning against fellow extraction shooters like Arc Raiders.
Mewgenics, the cat-breeding roguelike from the creators of The Binding of Isaac, set a Steam record by reaching 115,428 concurrent players over the weekend, the highest ever for a roguelike on Steam and surpassing Hades 2’s 112,947 peak. The game previously sold 150,000 copies in six hours and around 500,000 in 36 hours; a DLC and a console version are planned for the future.
Overwatch, now dropping the 2 and rebooting with a story-driven approach, pulled around 69,881 concurrent players on Steam over the weekend—near its launch-day high of 75,608—ahead of The Reign of Talon Season 1, which adds five new heroes on February 10; Steam remains a smaller portion of PC players compared with Battle.net, and reviews on Steam are mixed.
ARC Raiders is offering Xbox players a free Gilded Pickaxe Raider Tool as a celebration of strong sales and a new concurrent-player high. To claim it, players must log in before 3pm PT / 6pm ET / 11pm GMT / Midnight CET on January 13. The game has sold 12.4 million units across platforms and set a January peak of 960,000 concurrent players, boosted by holiday promos on Xbox, Epic Games Store, Steam, and PlayStation.
Arc Raiders has broken records by surpassing 250,000 concurrent players on Steam within a day of release, becoming the most popular PvP extraction shooter on the platform and setting a high bar ahead of the upcoming release of Escape from Tarkov.
Arc Raiders' weekend playtest has quickly attracted nearly 100,000 concurrent players within two hours, indicating strong interest ahead of its full release on October 30th. The game is being tested across multiple platforms, and its popularity is being compared to recent open betas of other major titles, suggesting it could be a significant release in the extraction shooter genre.
Battlefield 6 has become the biggest game in the franchise on Steam, reaching over 700,000 concurrent players on launch day, making it the 14th most played game in Steam history, and surpassing previous entries like Battlefield 2042, Battlefield 1, and Battlefield 5.
Battlefield 6 has had an impressive launch on Steam with over 740,000 concurrent players, making it the second most-played game on the platform and surpassing previous records for the franchise, indicating a highly successful debut for EA's latest shooter.
Borderlands 4 has launched early on Steam and is breaking records with over 175,000 concurrent players, making it the top-selling game globally on Steam and surpassing previous entries in the series for peak concurrent players.
Hollow Knight: Silksong has become a massive hit on Steam, reaching nearly 454,000 concurrent players and causing storefront crashes, indicating a highly successful launch and potentially one of the biggest indie game releases ever.
EA announced that Battlefield 6's open beta is the series' biggest ever, with over 473,000 concurrent players on Steam, making it the 22nd biggest game on the platform. The beta has generated significant excitement, with queues expected as players try to access the game before its October 10 release. The game is seen as having the potential to be a great Battlefield title, though some cautious optimism remains among players and reviewers.
Battlefield 6's open beta has already seen nearly 10,000 concurrent players on Steam before the servers officially go live on August 7, indicating strong early interest. The beta is available on multiple platforms and will be open to all players from August 9-10 and again from August 14-17, with the full game launching on October 10.
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers launched on Steam with over 114,000 concurrent players, making it one of the biggest non-FromSoftware Soulslike game launches, but it has received predominantly negative reviews due to performance problems and gameplay issues.
The PC version of Stellar Blade has become the second PlayStation-published game to surpass 100,000 concurrent players on Steam, with a peak of 100,904 players, indicating its popularity and potential for future expansions and sequels.