Elden Ring Nightreign’s success was uncertain considering the game’s nature as a co-op focused spinoff of a game many people choose to play as a purely single-player experience. However, the Steam player counts have proven that the game still has a massive audience.
At the time of writing, it hasn’t even been two hours since the game released, and it’s already near the top of the all-time steam charts at over 300k concurrent players. That doesn’t even include console.
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If Nightreign is able to continue at this current rate, there’s a good chance it’ll cross the finish line as one of 2025’s most played games. It could even come close to Elden Ring‘s monolithic concurrent player count record of almost 1 million.
Elden Ring Nightreign immediately takes over Steam charts
A quick look at the Steam charts for every From Software game reveals just how far this developer has come and how popular their games are nowadays.
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While the original Dark Souls redefined the games industry as we know it, that game had a slow burn. Not everyone was into it at first. PC gaming also wasn’t nearly as popular 10 years ago as it is now, meaning that most of FromSoftware’s greatest hits didn’t come out at a time their player count would have been represented on Steam in the droves we see today.
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Nightreign immediately gained double the concurrent player record of Armored Core 6, the next highest player count game behind Elden Ring, upon release. It’s massively popular, even for a game of FromSoft’s pedigree.
Additionally, Nightreign already sits comfortably in the top 50 most played games of all time on Steam, beating out several massive free-to-play releases despite having a $40 price tag. Though it still comes in below huge games like Marvel Rivals, the fact that everyone playing it paid upfront makes this game hugely profitable for FromSoft.
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As for the game’s quality, we quite liked it. Although it’s worth noting that Nightreign is a lot better with friends, which may be part of why its had such a massive player count explosion upon release.
If you’re just hopping into the game for yourself and looking to figure out which classes are the best to level, how to optimize your graphics on PC, and some crucial tips about remapping your controls, we’ve got you covered.
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