Steam doesnt even show active players

[Kurnauskis uwu]

so much for the CoH killer huh

[Cursed Hawkins]

Steam Charts only show weekly results not daily, try again when you find a site that does daily results.

[Mind The Gap]

Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:

Steam Charts only show weekly results not daily, try again when you find a site that does daily results.

Why so toxic?
Is this how you receive new players?
How are you supposed to buy a game that doesnt say how many players are playing.

[Scourge012]

I'm not sure what you guys are on about. 1. Steam Charts does "close to live updates" on player count in the top banner. https://steamcharts.com/app/826630

2. There's plenty of people playing.

[Evono]

Originally posted by Scourge012:

I'm not sure what you guys are on about. 1. Steam Charts does "close to live updates" on player count in the top banner. https://steamcharts.com/app/826630

2. There's plenty of people playing.

i wouldnt call "plenty" but its "fine"

[Scourge012]

Originally posted by Evono:

Originally posted by Scourge012:

I'm not sure what you guys are on about. 1. Steam Charts does "close to live updates" on player count in the top banner. https://steamcharts.com/app/826630

2. There's plenty of people playing.

i wouldnt call "plenty" but its "fine"

I suppose such designations are subjective but (depending on when you checked)...if you checked four hours ago it's daytime in Europe and early morning in America...I doubt more than a couple hundred...when I check/play there's nearly a thousand...considering how niche RTS games are and how further niche tactical RTS games are, I think that's more than enough to sustain a competitive pool.

[The Hof]

There hasn't been a thousand concurrent players since the free weekend, and there never will be again. The multiplayer component is awful and it's been stated numerous times that the developers aren't focused on it, so if anything the population will only continue downwards from where it's at currently (i.e., sub-300 concurrent). There is definitely no competitive experience to be had here.

[Scourge012]

The data just doesn't bear that out. Peak players has been steadily increasing. Yeah, the free weekend had a huge number of people coming, but the peak numbers are still quite up there. I didn't say it was the most popular tactical RTS on Steam (that would be CoH 2) but there's plenty of people playing when most people play (prime time and weekends). Game isn't dead nor dying.

What they really needs is a lobby where people can hang out and chat and arrange custom matches. But like you said that doesn't seem to be a priority. That said, the quick match queue is still pretty quick during prime time, or at least it seems to be for people who are into such a thing. I like to arrange my games so I suppose I ought not really comment on that.

[The Hof]

It's absolutely dying, where do you even get that peak players are rising? All data points to the opposite. The developers don't care about multiplayer, which has been demonstrated numerous times and can even be seen in the recent developer blog where they don't even bother to mention balance (likely because they're in maintenance mode but this is speculation).

All serious RTS players have basically abandoned the game at this point, including most of the people who put time and effort into making guides, videos and streams for the game in its early months. This says far more than mere population numbers and it's telling that the only people who stick around tend to be those who play single player or those whose RTS experience consists of bad games like MOBAs or Starcraft.

If you don't know about the quick match queue don't comment on it, I have screenshots of 40+ minute queue times from earlier in this game's history and it was heading back towards that before I uninstalled it.

[Scourge012]

Steam Charts says peak players are rising. They peaked up at 8k during the free weekend, and have since settled down to 1,000 plus since it ended. Average players has also grown in recent months, suggesting retention. Every weekend since that free weekend I've seen 1,000 or near 1,000 players on Steam Charts and the numbers for "most recent 30 days" bears that out.

Custom Matches are relatively easy to come by on Discord, and because of my limited time that's about all I can do. I'd love to play random pubs in Quick Match and get my butt handed to me, but I usually only get an hour a day to play so I'd rather schedule something. However, I DO watch YouTubers and live streams during my work hours and they queue live and seem to find matches within minutes.

If you are trying to play outside European or North American prime-time, though it sucks. Checked this morning and there were only 150 on, probably all Single player so I definitely understand if some think its dead. It definitely doesn't have that appeal that CoH 2 and others have in other regions.

[The Hof]

And if you're finding matches on the Discord server, population isn't going to be an issue either, Iron Harvest's Discord will probably outlast the game as is common. The real issue with population is not that it's declining, as has been established, it's that there's no healthy multiplayer community, because to have one you need to have a balanced game, which this certainly is not.

If you have fun with this game's multiplayer then that's great, but don't go around saying there's a good competitive environment when there most certainly is not. I've been in the top 10 in this game at one point and I can definitively say that balance is horrible and has consistently been the most neglected feature during development.

[Mind The Gap]

Oh my God, stop talking about a dead game. Im unsubbing.

[IVAN The Hutt]

wonder if this game is cross play with microsoft store? might be more players there as well