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Starfield has lost 97% of its Steam players in less than six months (archive.is)
submitted 10 months ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 12 points 10 months ago (2 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@lemmy.world 8 points 10 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

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 10 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@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Carnelian@lemmy.world 1 points 10 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

[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 4 points 10 months ago

As I understand it, Starfield was supposed to be played for a long time. They literally made the game loop for this reason.

You finish the game by "going to a new universe" and starting over.