Marvel Rivals launches with

[Blizzard]

342,086 concurrent players within an hour and it's still going up,
I used to be an doubter but I think Overwatch is officially cooked. RIP
https://steamdb.info/app/2767030/charts/

[Blizzard]

Originally posted by YoungBill:

counterstike and dota do like a mil daily

You are completely missing the point, I'm comparing a hero shooter to another hero shooter.
Valve's own games are always super popular on Steam, not to mention Counter Strike is huge in Russia and Eastern Europe, and Dota is huge in Asia so that's where those numbers are from.

Btw it's 384,444 concurrent players for Marvel Rivals now. Overwatch 2's peak is only 75,608 on Steam (even though the game used to be hugely popular but Blizzard f it up). Those numbers could have been Overwatch players.

[Factoring]

Your comparison makes no sense either. Overwatch 1 and overwatch 2 were both not on steam when they were released.

we don't know the actual numbers as most players still play via battle net.

[WeaponizedAutism]

Just got done playing. Game is janky as hell and not that fun to play. Auto attacking has no impact lmao. It's insane people played the beta and thought this could take on Overwatch gameplay. Think im done with Rivals in 1.5 hours.

[Ernesto]

Originally posted by SlimShady:

342,086 concurrent players within an hour and it's still going up,
I used to be an doubter but I think Overwatch is officially cooked. RIP
https://steamdb.info/app/2767030/charts/

So the reinhardt mythic is not a legendary paladin with his battlehammer?
but a bootleg ragnarok with extra steps
GG blizzard and also venture New legendary skin is just another glorified recolor like terrible tornado kiriko
More nails to the coffin!

[liara]

Most people are on battle.net and there is alot of console players aswell.. so you can't take the steam numbers

[Kenjoda]

These numbers would be solely from the initial hype, honestly nowhere as high as I thought it would be but it could ramp up more later in the day.

It'll be interesting in about a months time when the game ramps up a bit more and that first wave of hype has died down.

[WeaponizedAutism]

Originally posted by Kenjoda:

These numbers would be solely from the initial hype, honestly nowhere as high as I thought it would be but it could ramp up more later in the day.

It'll be interesting in about a months time when the game ramps up a bit more and that first wave of hype has died down.

Game sucks. It's going no where lol. Will keep a casual audience of Marvel fans but team shooter fans are gonna move on quick.

[Blizzard]

LOL it's okay I understand you people. If I have invested thousand of hours and thousands of dollars into Overwatch, I'll be salty as well. I mean I still play Overwatch from time to time but I'm playing way less than before. The game is just getting really boring for me. Well all the best to you guys and your favourite game Overwatch 2! Maybe in a few years there will even be an Overwatch 3!

By the way Apex Legends launched with 624,473 players on Steam, almost 10 times the number of Overwatch 2.

[GalaxiaShadow]

Give it a bit, they'll be back

I'm likely staying since I was never a Marvel person.

[GLITTERFORCEX]

dude since when does a booming player count of a game that literally just launched means its gonna be successful. I swear you people only base your opinion of the game only from the player count

[noniiimpicci]

Honestly, Overwatch started to fall apart the moment it transitioned into Overwatch 2, and the player count has been steadily declining ever since. Now, with a major competitor entering the scene—a game that, let’s be real, does a much better job in terms of presentation and gameplay—it’s no surprise that it’s attracting more players. And frankly, it’s way more fun.

There’s none of that terrible role system, 5v5 format, or locked roles. Even as a brand-new game, its matchmaking system is already better. Everything about it feels fresh and polished, and I couldn’t be happier to see it succeed. Hopefully, it’ll pave the way for OW2 to finally fade into obscurity. Let’s be honest: the game is already broken beyond repair.

Most people who still play are probably just attached to the lore and characters or reluctant to let go of the money and time they’ve already sunk into it. But for me, and many others, OW2 has become nothing more than a garbage that slapped a “2” on the Overwatch name without offering anything meaningful.

[noniiimpicci]

Originally posted by YoungBill:

no one playing deadlock either

What are you even talking about??? Deadlock isn’t even finished yet—it’s still in Beta, and you need invites to play it. And guess what? At certain times, it even has more players on Steam alone than OW2.

[777]

Marvel for kids.

[JRS]

OW 1 was a cool game but it's dead now, it's full of bots, smurf accounts, hackers.. marvel rivals is not paladin it's going to hurt ow badly

also poe is about to humiliate diablo, blizzard deserve it

[Vespertellino]

Overwatch could never