Elden Ring is finally out after years of anticipation, and it looks like the hype that has been building since its announcement in 2019 has paid off for From Software.
That’s because less than 24 hours after release, Elden Ring’s Steam count (with permission from SteamDB, which tracks the number of players in a game) has been nearly six times larger than From Software’s previous all-time high. The previous peak belonged to Dark Souls III, which had a peak player count of 129,975. The current all-time high for the Elden Ring is a whopping 764,835, which is almost 5.9 times higher than that of Dark Souls III.
That’s an impressive feat, but not necessarily surprising. Elden Ring gets a score of 10 out of 10 words Game informant, and we are not the only store that has given it such high praise. In fact, the official Elden Ring Twitter account posted an image with some 10 out of 10 reviews the game has received and it’s so wild that it almost looks like photoshop (it’s not – Elden Ring is just as good, it seems):
For reference, here’s From Software’s breakdown of the all-time high SteamDB numbers for Souls-like titles previously released on PC:
- Elden Ring: 764,835
- Sekiro: 125.315
- Dark Souls III: 129,975
- Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin: 12,106
- Dark Souls II: 79,528
- Dark Souls Remastered: 24.501
- Dark Souls: Prepared to Die Version: 11.259
Another thing to note is that this player count is only available on PC. There’s still plenty of players on Xbox and PlayStation consoles, meaning there could be millions of people playing From Software’s latest release at this point.
To know more about the game, read Game informant Elden Ring Reviews to find out why we think this is one of the best games ever made and then see everything in Elden Ring’s day patch. It is certain that watch the Elden Ring launch trailer if you still haven’t then.
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