This game has honestly done so well, Embark has created a game that appeals to so many players, but also allowing the gameplay to be fun for all walks of players. Their Behavioural Matchmaking system has helped a variety of players continue to play and feel included.
Can you do the data until today?
RashestHippo on
Does this chart imply that they had the same release date?
xtr44 on
technically shouldn’t a game have 0 players at launch?
Luddevig on
Would be nice to also include how many players there are at one point for each game, like an arrow pointing to the last point of Battlefield and one for ARC and with the number of players.
tomwhoiscontrary on
What’s the baseline, the “launch” number? People playing on the very first day? I’m not a games statistics expert, but that feels a bit noisy. Wouldn’t it be better to use the median in the first four weeks or something?
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Source: [https://steamdb.info/](https://steamdb.info/)
Tools: R + ggplot2
Inspired by this recent reporting from Forbes:
[https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/12/31/arc-raiders-has-kept-91-of-its-playerbase-battlefield-6-has-lost-85/](https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/12/31/arc-raiders-has-kept-91-of-its-playerbase-battlefield-6-has-lost-85/)
This game has honestly done so well, Embark has created a game that appeals to so many players, but also allowing the gameplay to be fun for all walks of players. Their Behavioural Matchmaking system has helped a variety of players continue to play and feel included.
Can you do the data until today?
Does this chart imply that they had the same release date?
technically shouldn’t a game have 0 players at launch?
Would be nice to also include how many players there are at one point for each game, like an arrow pointing to the last point of Battlefield and one for ARC and with the number of players.
What’s the baseline, the “launch” number? People playing on the very first day? I’m not a games statistics expert, but that feels a bit noisy. Wouldn’t it be better to use the median in the first four weeks or something?