When it comes to the hottest games on the Steam platform recently, it is impossible not to mention the MMORPG "Lost Ark" developed by SmileGate. Some people may be familiar with SmileGate, yes! It once developed the popular game "Crossfire", which is particularly familiar to domestic players. "The Lost Ark" is actually a Korean game launched in 2019, and its European and American versions officially landed on Steam on February 12, and the results achieved are eye-catching!
The free download operation mode of "The Lost Ark" was just launched on Steam, and a large number of players poured in instantly, resulting in server downtime, and even if the agent Amazon opened the server, the problem of queuing still exists! According to SteamDB, the number of players in The Lost Ark was once 1325305 people online at one point! Considering that this European and American version is locked, the above data reflects the exaggerated popularity of the game.
As for the reason why the game is so popular, in addition to free downloads, the doctor also summarized the following three points: First, the quality of "The Lost Ark" itself is good, and it has been a popular online game in South Korea in recent years; secondly, after Amazon Games announced that it had obtained the european and American agency rights, it promised to modify the original kryptonite system to make the game more in line with the habits of European and American players; finally, the game relied on the promotion of anchors and creators to be effective. Back to the point, you may not have any idea of the "1.325 million players online at the same time" data, today, I will explain to you.
The Doctor went to look through the relevant data and found that in the history of the Steam platform, there were only seven games with more than half a million players online at the same time, and only five games with more than one million players online at the same time! You should note that the ranking of the top products on the list will not easily change, and the above-mentioned Lost Ark is a game that has just entered the list, and it is the second largest number of players online at the same time in the history of the Steam platform!
The first place was the "PUBG" that swept the world in 2017 and 2018, and the number of players online at one time exceeded 3.25 million, leaving "The Lost Ark" several streets away! And at that time, "PUBG" was still a paid download, and it was indeed a phenomenon-level product. Nowadays, even if PUBG is converted to a free download, the scenery is long gone.
The V Society's two signature products, CS:GO, once had 1.308 million players online at one point, while DOTA2 exceeded 1.295 million people, ranking third and fourth respectively. Because it is its own famous game, "CS:GO" and "DOTA2" have always been extremely popular, and this time it was defeated by "The Lost Ark", which is actually quite unexpected.
The fifth place is the Polish stupid donkey's "Cyberpunk 2077", as a single-player game, the number of players online at one time actually exceeded one million, leaving a strong mark. There is a lot of controversy in "Cyberpunk 2077", and the good brand image that the Polish stupid donkey has operated for many years has also been destroyed, which makes people sigh! However, the game's rating on Steam is "mostly positive (76% positive)", which is not a garbage product.
Products with more than 500,000 players online at one point include New World and Temple of Heroes. The former is short-lived, with fewer and fewer players and worse reviews; the latter, as a phenomenon-level independent sandbox game, is hot and has a very good evaluation. As for Terraria, which many people like, the number of players online at one time was close to 490,000, ranking eighth. You may wonder why cap-trough arcade museum is in the ninth place, interested people can go to see the doctor's previous article "Steam trivia: the game's high number of players online at the same time does not necessarily mean that it is popular", this is just the robots are making cards, which is a special case.