Dragon’s Dogma hit its highest concurrent player count in over six years over the weekend.
According to the Steam DB just discovered by Benji-Sales, the game was first released in January 2016, achieving a peak concurrent player count of 6,582 on Sunday, a number it has only ever seen. achieved right after the game’s launch. This is on par with the recently released Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, which manages 6,599 concurrent players on Steam in the same 24 hour period.
At the time of publication, Dragon’s Dogma was only in Steam’s 50 most trending games in terms of sales and pre-orders for the title with games like Day Z, Hunt: Showdown, and Sea of Thieves. The reappearance of Dragon’s Dogma can be attributed to the recent announcement of the game’s long-awaited sequel and the biggest sale on the first version. Currently the game is being reduced up to 85% with only nearly 110,000 VND.
Capcom finally confirmed that Dragon’s Dogma 2 was in development last week. During the game’s 10th anniversary live stream, director Hideaki Itsuno said, “Everyone on the development team is working hard to create a game that we hope you’ll enjoy! Please wait patiently for our game.”
No gameplay details were revealed during the live stream. In a follow-up statement, Capcom said that Dragon’s Dogma 2 “will begin a new cycle,” and confirmed that a sequel is being developed using Capcom’s RE Engine. Leaked sources regarding Dragon’s Dogma 2 were revealed through a hacker attack on the company’s headquarters in November 2020 and from the game list leaked by Nvidia Geforce Now in September year 2021.
