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Dead by Daylight PC Player Count

Kilmeran
Kilmeran Member Posts: 3,142
edited April 2019 in General Discussions

Just a heads-up since recent discussions have been pointing to SteamChart numbers for PC. SteamCharts has not updated for DbD since 7am on Wednesday, April 3rd, which is when Steam did some server-side work on their end.

So, for those interested in seeing how the free weekend pans out on PC, if you go to the Dead by Daylight steam hub, under the ALL tab, there is a green current player count at the top that tells you how many are playing at that moment. It's just a snap-shot for that moment in time, but I thought it might help those interested in the numbers. I stumbled on it just now while going to the Steam forums, and noticed it's at 26k playing.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/381210

Comments

  • BBQnDemogorgon
    BBQnDemogorgon Member Posts: 3,615

    I can't wait until people stop talking about steam numbers. DbD has drops like this every year.

    If they ever panic they'll just do bp events more often. BP always draws in huge numbers.

    Game dying? Announce the second 3x. EZ

  • Kilmeran
    Kilmeran Member Posts: 3,142
    edited April 2019

    @Bbbrian2013, I don't disagree, though to be fair, at least on PC, the latest two DLCs (one even being Evil Dead) didn't bump the numbers at all, and a DLC usually would.

    My main goal was to head-off the inevitable: Free weekend and DbD peaked at 14k players. Which would be untrue, since the 14k number is from 7am on April 3rd, the last time the API updated.

  • Delfador
    Delfador Member Posts: 2,552

    @Bbbrian2013 Currently left 4 dead 2 has 12k players and the game is 10 years old. That game doesn't have any grind mechanism so all the people who play left 4 dead 2 play it for pure joy.

    If you need a grind mechanism to keep your game alive and whenever numbers drop, you go for double BPs instead of fixing the real issues, it shows how pathetic you are and the future of your game.

    Just my opinion.