Starfield smashes Skyrim’s record, surpasses 300k concurrent Steam players

Starfield has become a commercial success even before its official launch. Not only did the game receive positive reviews from critics, but it also attracted hundreds of thousands of players during its early access period. On Sept. 10, it even surpassed its previous peak concurrent players on Steam, a number that eclipses even Skyrim’s record.

Starfield achieved over 230,000 peak concurrent players on Steam in its early access period. It then reached an all-time peak of 269,177 concurrent players on Steam on Sept. 6, its full release date. It also surpassed over a million concurrent players across all platforms in the first 27 hours of its full launch. However, it seems the game will only keep rising as it has now achieved a concurrent peak of 313,993 on Steam. While this number is impressive in its own right, the record is now above that of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which currently has a concurrent peak of 287,411 players.