Battlefield 2042 is experiencing something of a resurgence, if new PC player counts are anything to go by. The futuristic EA FPS, which is almost two years old at this point, hit a new peak player count on Steam recently - and it has continued to match its launch window numbers since.
On October 12th, Battlefield 2042 had 107,376 people playing online. On day one, when the title launched in November 2021, the game hit a peak concurrent player count of 105,397 - with both of these numbers grabbed from SteamDB. That in itself is a pretty remarkable feat, however it's what's happened since then that's perhaps the most impressive bit.
On that Oct. 12 date, the game was free-to-try across all platforms - likely resulting in this new peak player number. However, the game has managed to maintain similar numbers at peak times since that date, with people clearly picking up and playing the game after its free trial. This past weekend, 2042 surpassed the 107k number on Steam once again.
With continued support from DICE, Battlefield 2042 seems to be thriving. These Steam stats of course don't take console into account either - where the game is available on Game Pass Ultimate for Xbox players and was included in the PlayStation Plus Essential lineup back in March 2023. Season 6 has just landed as well, so there's still plenty of new content to go at with Battlefield 2042 in 2023!
Are you playing this FPS in 2023? Let us know what you make of BF2042 these days down below.
[source steamdb.info]
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They have really turned it around. Both this and Halo Infinite are great right now.
Both games are in the top 40 games played on Xbox this week. According to Trueachievements.com, Halo is 9th (up from 16th last week) and Battlefield is 27th (same as last week).
Battlefield 2042 may finally have found its true potential after so many months after release, but this is where some would expect a full price Battlefield game without a Campaign to focus on, should have been at Launch and built up from there - now its basically Free to Play LOL...
Its OK - I've played a bit thanks to GPU but I still prefer 3 and even 4 which wasn't bad by the end of that game.
Its great to see these Multi-player games evolve with their dedicated fans guidance that helps shape their 'comeback' and redemption arcs...
I pre-ordered this game and was so disappointed. While I cannot deny it has got a little better and that I do try every season, this isn't the Battlefield for me. It feels like a cheaply made FPS, like a F2P FPS.
The game is still a mess.
They've all but abandoned the 128 player modes.
They rolled out "classes" that were real classes. They gave different heros different items. But anyone can still use any weapon which defeats the point of classes.
Then they added a game mode where you can play 1942, BC2, and 3, in random game orders.
They need to split these up so we can play one or the other. But this is honestly where the game shines. Still has the a annoying hot swapping of gun parts that need to be gone.
And level destruction is still abysmal. Feels like we've regressed in what you can and can't do.
If you look past that, still plenty playable I guess. That said, I typically find more players on Battlefield 4 than 2042.
Bring Counterstrike 2 to Xbox
This game brought us such great joy to see on Highlight Reel, like when the tanks would drive over and then under bridges instead of over and into the water, as if magnetized to the underside of the bridge.
But I'm very happy for them as developers to see their game getting such love.
Congrats to the team, wish them all the best. Eventho the game is not for me.
I am more toward Call of Duty.
Loved the previous battlefield, hope they learn from this, and go back to what made battlefield great.
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