550,000 currently playing BG3: is this an all time record for an SP game?

[Gregorovitch]

Someone yesterday suggested Hogwarts Legacy got 527,000 and that was the record. BG3 has now officially roflstomped that number. I wondered if anybody new of any other SP game that had achieved better.

[Gregorovitch]

Originally posted by V_:

Originally posted by Gregorovitch:

Yeah, I got the information from here: https://steamcharts.com/app/990080 which gives Hogwarts peak at 527k

Steam charts also gives peak concurrent players for the following games as:

CP77: 830,387
GTAV: 360,761
Skyrim: 90,780
RDR2: 70,787

Both Steam DB and SteamCharts are third party sites it seems and they don't agree with each other, although they are both tracking BG3 at the same numbers right now.

I'm not sure what to make of this. I'd be inclined to believe the lower number unless you know something I don't about whoever it is who runs these sites.

Those lower numbers are wrong. I posted an article that has a screenshot showing CP77 at over a million concurrent players. Google “CP77 over a million concurrent players” and you’ll see plenty of articles and screenshots showing it reached over a million.

https://www.pcgamer.com/cyberpunk-2077-has-over-a-million-concurrent-players-on-steam/

https://www.destructoid.com/cyberpunk-2077-breaks-steam-records-with-over-one-million-concurrent-players/

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/cyberpunk-2077-one-million-players-steam

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/ka7cmj/cyberpunk_2077_is_the_biggest_single_player_steam/

That seems pretty conclusive. I wonder why Steamcharts is so wrong. It seems weird that they'd fail to count the publicly available concurrent player numbers correctly.

[kojak]

Iim enjoying it but i honestly think BG3 doesnt deserve this success. its good but not great.

guess it has some coomer appeal if they can play the game long enough to get to those portions

[Lazy Day at the Beach]

Originally posted by Gregorovitch:

Originally posted by V_:

Those lower numbers are wrong. I posted an article that has a screenshot showing CP77 at over a million concurrent players. Google “CP77 over a million concurrent players” and you’ll see plenty of articles and screenshots showing it reached over a million.

https://www.pcgamer.com/cyberpunk-2077-has-over-a-million-concurrent-players-on-steam/

https://www.destructoid.com/cyberpunk-2077-breaks-steam-records-with-over-one-million-concurrent-players/

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/cyberpunk-2077-one-million-players-steam

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/ka7cmj/cyberpunk_2077_is_the_biggest_single_player_steam/

That seems pretty conclusive. I wonder why Steamcharts is so wrong. It seems weird that they'd fail to count the publicly available concurrent player numbers correctly.

When a game comes out it is often not on steamcharts for quite a while so it doesn't count the initial peak.

[1MantisPhoenix]

Originally posted by jait:

You're joking right? BG3 has done very well for an Indy game. It's nowhere near numbers like GTAV. But I do love a good fart sniffing thread.

Single player game... = SP
What did Elden ring get on release?

[Arngrim]

Originally posted by Zappy:

Originally posted by jait:

You're joking right? BG3 has done very well for an Indy game. It's nowhere near numbers like GTAV. But I do love a good fart sniffing thread.

Indie? Larian had a 400+ person team working on this for 6 years lmao

It's incredible for a AAA title

Jesus, were they rolling their thumbs for 3 of those years? This doesnt feel like a 400 man of 6 years at all. Can't even try and do some decent weapons and armor, its like im still playing BG2.

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[Dorok]

There's a list for all time peeks record in steam, sorry if it's been quoted already didn't saw, and BG3 is all time Top 8, incredible:
https://steamcharts.com/

See second list at bottom.

EDIT:
But it's relative, the Steam aspect remove games as The Witcher 3 that sold a ton on Gog, and it's possible Cyberpunk sold also a ton on Gog hence should have been quite higher if global not just Steam.

Still it's already quite an achievement in term of popularity or hype level.

[Mathias Giovanni]

Originally posted by Guyver:

Cyberpunk will forever be king

And yet it gets the same troll hate as this game. Hogwarts also got a ton of hate for Sirona.

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by Dorok:

There's a list for all time peeks record in steam, sorry if it's been quoted already didn't saw, and BG3 is all time Top 8, incredible:
https://steamcharts.com/

See second list at bottom.

Steam Charts isn't accurate data though, because they only collect data every 1 hour and they also don't always get a game added right when it releases.

Steamdb's charts are much more accurate because they query the data every 5 minutes and also games get added right when released.
(But yes, BG is doing well)

[Sirvival]

it's 751 000 now on my screen

[ArchAnge1LT]

look at steamdb, not steamcharts

[morph113]

Originally posted by Dorok:

There's a list for all time peeks record in steam, sorry if it's been quoted already didn't saw, and BG3 is all time Top 8, incredible:
https://steamcharts.com/

See second list at bottom.

It's been mentioned already, the numbers on steamcharts are wrong in some parts. Hogwarts had like 879k peak. Cyberpunk had over a million peak players. SteamDB is more accurate and has the correct numbers. It's still doing well though and still in top 10 I believe. Second biggest launch so far this year in terms of peak player numbers. Probably going to be third biggest since Starfield will take the top spot most likely.

[Saica-Fox]

770k just earlier today lol

[†WeedZebra†]

i'll log in right now for a bit just to boost the numbers to make the trolls cry