Hogwarts Legacy eaks Records with 489,000 Simultaneous Players at Steam Launch

Even though he is still in advance access, hogwarts legacy is already one of the biggest hits in Steam’s history at the launch.

• Steam’s best-selling games in the world from Feuary 1st to 7th
• Steam’s best-selling games in azil from Feuary 1st to 7th

The RPG developed by Avalanche Software reached on Wednesday (8) the mark of 489 thousand simultaneous players, even with the game being available only for players who purchased the deluxe edition of the game before the official release, which takes place this Friday Fair, Feuary 10th. Even with a portion of players and fans of the Harry Potter universe organizing a boycott campaign for the game, due to various transphobic positions of writer J.K. Rowling, Hogwarts Legacy has given strong signs that it will be one of the game industry’s biggest success in 2023. In addition to the peak of 489,139 simultaneous players at steam, the game reached Twitch a peak of 1.258 million simultaneous spectators. The audience of the game on the Amazon Lives platform has reached a level similar to competitive games in periods of major events, such as Valorant Champions and several of the CS: GO, events that exceeded 1 million simultaneous viewers on Twitch in Twitch in Games with great audience appeal, such as finals or other decisive clashes. Still hogwarts legacy is far from the historical record of Steam players, which belongs to PUBG, with 3.236 million simultaneous players, although it is necessary to emphasize that games focused on the multiplayer appearance tend to reach more simultaneous players than single player titles. The peak of simultaneous players also reflects another relevant data about the popularity of Hogwarts Legacy. The game, as expected, leads the sales ranking at Steam in azil and worldwide.

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Check out the top 10 below.

Steam’s best-selling games in the world from Feuary 1st to 7th

• Hogwarts Legacy
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• Steam Deck
• PUBG: Battlegrounds
• Apex Legends
• EA Sports FIFA 23
• Dead Space
• Destiny 2
• Undisputed
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

Steam’s best-selling games in azil from Feuary 1st to 7th

• Hogwarts Legacy
• EA Sports FIFA 23
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• PUBG BATTLEGROUNDS
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
• Grand Theft Auto V
• Project zombie
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Lost Ark
• Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered Hogwarts Legacy arrives on Feuary 10th for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series. On April 4, the game version for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 arrives in the stores, and on July 25 will be released to Nintendo Switch.