Since its release last year, Battlefield 2042, like some other recent titles, has grown in player numbers. Multiplayer game, struggled to stay afloat in Steam. As our Battlefield 2042 review states, the massive shooter just doesn't have the support it needs, and it always feels like something has blasted out of the game's engine, causing the Battlefield machine to stall.
Well, now the FPS game has overtaken its predecessors in Steam, as the small number of players in Battlefield 2042 overshadowed previous shooters in the series. None of this means that games like Battlefield 1 and Battlefield V will stay much higher than Battlefield 2042's player count, or that there aren't other factors involved, but it's intriguing nonetheless.
Over the past three or so months, the number of players in Battlefield 2042 in Steam comfortably amounted to about 5000 people. Battlefield 1 was about the same, but since November 1, the number of players in the game has skyrocketed to over 50 players at a time. This is most likely bolstered by the game's current sale in Steam, where it's on sale at a whopping 88% off, but concurrent players are still impressive, as notes Emopulse.
With the Battlefield 1 sale ending soon, it's unclear how long it will completely overshadow Battlefield 2042's player count stats. Steam. It's no secret that Battlefield 2042 is having a hard time, EA has even announced that specialists will be integrated into classic classes from previous games in the series, apparently in an attempt to revive players of previous games with a system they remember.
As mentioned, the number of players in Battlefield 2042 is also inferior to Battlefield V, which has had about 15 players playing at the same time in the past few months. Steam, despite the fact that the platform came out in 2020. It just shows what the Battlefield 2042 count's player is Steam has less to do with the natural decline in concurrent players since release, and more to do with player perception of the game itself.
Update 2.2 for Battlefield 2042 is now available and includes permanent Portal servers for Premium Battle Pass owners, as well as a redesign of the Orbital map.
