Summary
Dragon’s Dogma 2is the first-ever Capcom game to surpass 200,000 concurrent players on Steam. This achievement further underlines the fantasy RPG’s incredible launch weekend, whichDragon’s Dogma 2enjoyed in spite of some recent controversies.
Capcom’s latest AAA title was released for PC and consoles on Friday, March 22. While its launch was met with overwhelmingly positive critical scores, the most vocal section of the fandom had a more polarizing reaction to the RPG. This is reflected in the fact thatDragon’s Dogma 2is currently being review-bombedby Steam users, many of whom are warning others against buying the game due to its poor PC performance and microtransactions.
Despite that backlash, the RPG’s player count keeps rising. According to data scraped bySteamDB, the game had hit 228,585 concurrent PC players during its launch weekend. The peak was recorded on March 23, mere hours afterDragon’s Dogma 2became Capcom’s most successful PC gameby the number of simultaneously active players. The previous record holder was theResident Evil 4remake, which peaked at 168,191 concurrent players on Valve’s storefront shortly following its March 2023 debut.
WithDragon’s Dogma 2now improving on that figure by over 35%, Capcom clearly has a historic hit on its hands. At the same time, the review-bombing campaign appears to still be ongoing, as the Steam impressions of the RPG remain in the “Mixed” category, based on over 32,000 user scores, as of March 24.Capcom has partially addressed theDragon’s Dogma 2player backlashshortly following the game’s release, saying that it is presently working on better optimizing some of its CPU processes, which it identified as the main reason for its less-than-ideal performance.
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The company also hand-waived the complaints about the excessive microtransactions by pointing out that they only offer access to things that can be obtained by simply playing the game, thus being safe to ignore. Paid item add-ons have long been a mainstay in Capcom’s single-player games, though they have rarely incurred so much public criticism.
Dragon’s Dogma 2is the only new release on the list of the top ten most-played Steam games over the weekend of March 23–24. As per usual, the vast majority of that group comprises live-service titles, withDragon’s Dogma 2being one of just two exceptions. The other one is therecently resurgentStardew Valley, which has been enjoying a massive popularity spike following the March 19 release of its 1.6 update.
Dragon’s Dogma 2
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Set forth on your grand adventure, Arisen!Dragon’s Dogma is a single player, narrative driven action-RPG series that challenges the players to choose their own experience – from the appearance of their Arisen, their vocation, their party, how to approach different situations and more. Now, in this long-awaited sequel, the deep, explorable fantasy world of Dragon’s Dogma 2 awaits.On your journey, you’ll be joined by Pawns, mysterious otherworldly beings, in an adventure so unique you will feel as if accompanied by other players while on your own adventure.All of these elements are elevated further through physics technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and the latest in graphics, to create a truly immersive fantasy world in Dragon’s Dogma 2.
