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Starfield has lost 97% of its Steam players in less than six months (archive.is)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I mean, Harry Potter was the biggest selling game last year, and that has also lost 97% of it's players.

Not everything is meant to be played forever. I think Skyrim was a one-off tbh.

[–] Carnelian 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That’s another exceptionally boring game, though.

Just checking some random games:

Sekiro is currently sitting at 92% players lost from its peak after five years

Spiritfarer is at 80%

Hollow Knight has only lost 63% of players

Witcher 3 also lost 80%, and actually has a larger active player base (in number of players, not proportionally) right at this moment than HL, despite being years older and peaking significantly lower

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Big tentpole releases are likely to have a higher peak though, just for the week one FOMO.

Not defending Starfield because by all accounts it is exceptionally average in all areas, just that losing a lot of players from peak is not particularly unexpected.

Kind of feel sorry for those that paid for it on Steam, because it's the very poster child for a trial month of GamePass.

[–] daellat 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Witcher 3 had a pretty big update not too long ago though

[–] Carnelian 1 points 9 months ago

There hasn’t really been a single point since the game released almost nine years ago where its player count has dropped below current levels (20-40k active players). There was a huge boost with the update but it’s back to normal levels now. Can check steamdb for yourself to confirm