Apex Legends hits an all-new concurrent user peak on Steam

Arthands · Feb 28, 2021

Update 3: yet another new high today (13 Mar) at 218477

Update 2: another new high at 208,209 (7th Mar)

Update: new high again at 202,761 (6th Mar)

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Apex Legends has hit an all-new concurrent user peak on Steam.

The free-to-play battle royale game - which released on Steam in November 2020 after almost 18-months as an EA Origin exclusive - hit 198,235 simultaneous players on Steam yesterday, its highest ever concurrent user peak according to SteamDB (thanks, Dexerto).

Sai · Feb 28, 2021

This is the first season I'm determined to hit 110 in. So nice to have this on Steam instead of origin lol.

Jawmuncher · Feb 28, 2021

Any particular reason why? I know the game is getting really popular in Japan but is there anything else recently going on besides the new Hero?

Becks' · Feb 28, 2021

Deserved. Game feels so much better to play now compared to earlier seasons, the only thing that's needed are Rampart buffs.

5taquitos · Feb 28, 2021

Jawmuncher said:
Any particular reason why? I know the game is getting really popular in Japan but is there anything else recently going on besides the new Hero?

There's an anniversary event going, but also the game is probably in the best general spot it's ever been. Weapon meta is varied, and a lot of the legends have been balanced well. There are still some issues, but by and large it's at its best right now.

Khanimus · Feb 28, 2021

It's gonna feel fucking weird when the anniversary event is over.

Deleted member 10629 · Feb 28, 2021

Talent wins. The best BR out there IMO.

Addleburg · Feb 28, 2021

The first and only BR I've played. Started playing a few weeks ago and have put a ton of hours into it.

I can't see myself going on to play it for several months and years, but it's one of the few multiplayer shooters I've gotten into.

Static · Feb 28, 2021

Khanimus said:
It's gonna feel fucking weird when the anniversary event is over.

What is going on as part of the event rn that will end when the event does? Locked and Loaded will leave and we go back to naked drops?

sibarraz · Feb 28, 2021

As someone who started playing this recently, I couldn't live without the Mozambique on the first 2 minutes

Classy Tomato · Feb 28, 2021

Static said:
What is going on as part of the event rn that will end when the event does? Locked and Loaded will leave and we go back to naked drops?

Locked and Loaded. Honestly, I can't go back to naked drops. It's just so fun playing the mode as I can concentrate on looking and fighting enemy teams, instead of searching for loots.

Glassboy · Feb 28, 2021

Classy Tomato said:
Locked and Loaded. Honestly, I can't go back to naked drops. It's just so fun playing the mode as I can concentrate on looking and fighting enemy teams, instead of searching for loots.

Agreed. Hopefully they let it stay. I feel like I waste my time when I drop and get owned because some got lucky on what crate they opened. Mozambique at least gives you a fair shot.

nillapuddin · Feb 28, 2021

I genuinely think they need to take a real hard look at their loot system and straight up eliminate white gear.

It is such a drag on naked drops, the Anni event feels so much more fun and freeing.

They have the most incredibly loot dense game on the market and that's fine, but just peeling back that one little layer won't hurt anything.

Yerffej · Feb 28, 2021

Becks' said:
Deserved. Game feels so much better to play now compared to earlier seasons, the only thing that's needed are Rampart buffs.

I haven't played in over a year. What's the difference in how it plays?

btkadams · Feb 28, 2021

Deserved! I've never played a game for this many hours for such a long time. They make lots of great changes every season, and the rare time they don't...they are quick to react.

Chettlar · Feb 28, 2021

Glassboy said:
Agreed. Hopefully they let it stay. I feel like I waste my time when I drop and get owned because some got lucky on what crate they opened. Mozambique at least gives you a fair shot.

I fee like Mozambique just makes me really annoyed more than I would otherwise because it makes me feel like I have a chance but honestly it sometimes just does absolutely nothing. Like someone, right in front of me, that I shoot, moving straight at me, as I continue to shoot, just doesn't take damage. It's not my connection or anything else because no other weapon does that to me. It's so annoying. I feel like it happens enough times that I think man, if I'd just had no weapon at all and could just run and punch them I'd have a so much better shot.

Becks' · Feb 28, 2021

Yerffej said:
I haven't played in over a year. What's the difference in how it plays?

As someone mentioned earlier, legends and weapons are well balanced so there's ton of variety in meta right now. They changed the ranked system to make it less punishing and there are only Evo shields now in the game and you spawn with one that you level up by damaging or grabbing another rarity of Evo.

Baked Pigeon · Feb 28, 2021

I dropped Apex 6 or so months after it released. I enjoyed the game so I'm not really sure why I stopped playing. It sounds like now might be a good time to check it out again.

nihilence · Feb 28, 2021

Wasn't this declared dead early on? It's found its legs for sure.

Balmung421 · Feb 28, 2021

Really hope they keep locked and loaded after anni event is over

Yerffej · Feb 28, 2021

Becks' said:
As someone mentioned earlier, legends and weapons are well balanced so there's ton of variety in meta right now. They changed the ranked system to make it less punishing and there are only Evo shields now in the game and you spawn with one that you level up by damaging or grabbing another rarity of Evo.

Apparentl I've forgotten everything. I don't even know what Evo shields are.

Chettlar · Feb 28, 2021

Yerffej said:
I haven't played in over a year. What's the difference in how it plays?

Becks' said:
As someone mentioned earlier, legends and weapons are well balanced so there's ton of variety in meta right now. They changed the ranked system to make it less punishing and there are only Evo shields now in the game and you spawn with one that you level up by damaging or grabbing another rarity of Evo.

Keep in mind the spawning with an evo shield is temporary for the anniversary event.

Yerffej said:
Apparentl I've forgotten everything. I don't even know what Evo shields are.

Just think shields. Like armor.

Yerffej · Feb 28, 2021

Chettlar said:
Keep in mind the spawning with an evo shield is temporary for the anniversary event.

Just think shields. Like armor.

I recently re downloaded it on Xbox. Really should give it a go again.

Tabby · Feb 28, 2021

Chettlar said:
Keep in mind the spawning with an evo shield is temporary for the anniversary event.

It is but if you don't have a shield, you can still get a regular level 1 evo by dealing 50 damage.

Neoxon · Feb 28, 2021

I should really try the game out, but part of me is holding out for the PlayStation version to add gyro aiming.

JigglesBunny · Feb 28, 2021

They'd get me back if they fixed their dreadful servers. Not going to commit to the game when it constantly bounces between 30-150 ping at a second's notice.

Ikarus · Feb 28, 2021

Glad to see it growing on all platforms. The team deserves it.

Khanimus · Feb 28, 2021

Yerffej said:
Apparentl I've forgotten everything. I don't even know what Evo shields are.

Afew seasons ago, armor "evolved" with the more damage you did. White would evolve to blue, blue to purple, and then purple to red. Golds didn't evolve, but obviously had boons of their own.

The reason was to force players to actively engage instead of just hiding out.

Chettlar · Feb 28, 2021

Tabby said:
It is but if you don't have a shield, you can still get a regular level 1 evo by dealing 50 damage.

Oh is that a new thing? I started last season and just kind of assumed that was always there.

Yerffej said:
I recently re downloaded it on Xbox. Really should give it a go again.

I play on Xbox with my friends on PC. Wanted to go for the achievements. Had a great time. Worth buying the big ol pack that I think normally is $40, but you can get on sale for $30 quite often. Being able to jump in and play a lot of different characters are great, and it'll mean the currency you gain to buy a hero can go towards whatever new character shows up. It's also great because the pack gives you all currently available characters, not just the initial available 8. Which is super great because the newest guy, Fuse, is a lot of fun. Been playing a lot of Horizon recently too and she's really great.

I'm just having a lot of fun with it all around. I feel like I can pick any character I'm feeling and have fun.

EDIT: Oh wait it's on sale for $28 right now for the next uhhhh 24+ hours? New sales start tuesday so till then.

neoak · Feb 28, 2021

nihilence said:
Wasn't this declared dead early on? It's found its legs for sure.

You sure you aren't thinking about Radical Heights?

Ramirez · Feb 28, 2021

Best BR by a country mile, deserved.

FLUXCapacitor · Feb 28, 2021

nihilence said:
Wasn't this declared dead early on? It's found its legs for sure.

It's been big since the beginning, not sure where you heard that.

Raiden · Feb 28, 2021

Game looks so much fun, but I hate that I can't play it solo, I'm not that social to play it with strangers all the time.

Starwing · Feb 28, 2021

nihilence said:
Wasn't this declared dead early on? It's found its legs for sure.

I think it was actually well recieved at launch, then a few balance/mechanics changes right after hurt it, but since then its been on a steady rise.

Becks' · Feb 28, 2021

Chettlar said:
Keep in mind the spawning with an evo shield is temporary for the anniversary event.

Just think shields. Like armor.

I was talking about this. My bad for not clarifying.

Yerffej · Feb 28, 2021

Chettlar said:
Oh is that a new thing? I started last season and just kind of assumed that was always there.

I play on Xbox with my friends on PC. Wanted to go for the achievements. Had a great time. Worth buying the big ol pack that I think normally is $40, but you can get on sale for $30 quite often. Being able to jump in and play a lot of different characters are great, and it'll mean the currency you gain to buy a hero can go towards whatever new character shows up. It's also great because the pack gives you all currently available characters, not just the initial available 8. Which is super great because the newest guy, Fuse, is a lot of fun. Been playing a lot of Horizon recently too and she's really great.

I'm just having a lot of fun with it all around. I feel like I can pick any character I'm feeling and have fun.

EDIT: Oh wait it's on sale for $28 right now for the next uhhhh 24+ hours? New sales start tuesday so till then.

That's tempting. Thanks!

Khanimus said:
Afew seasons ago, armor "evolved" with the more damage you did. White would evolve to blue, blue to purple, and then purple to red. Golds didn't evolve, but obviously had boons of their own.

The reason was to force players to actively engage instead of just hiding out.

Ah I see. That's pretty neat.

Khanimus · Feb 28, 2021

Chettlar said:
Oh is that a new thing? I started last season and just kind of assumed that was always there.

I fell off around the start of Season 3, and got back in mid Season 7 with acouple friends coming to it for the first time. There were a lot of elements that were new to me

Chettlar · Feb 28, 2021

Becks' said:
I was talking about this. My bad for not clarifying.

I genuinely didn't know this was always there. It seems like such a good, nobrainer design decision. When I noticed it in the UI i was like...oh but of course Respawn would think of that. That's a good mechanic.

Yerffej said:
That's tempting. Thanks!

NP.

Seriously crossplay is such a wonderful thing for this. I never feel at a disadvantage against PC players with a controller.

Yerffej · Feb 28, 2021

Chettlar said:
I genuinely didn't know this was always there. It seems like such a good, nobrainer design decision. When I noticed it in the UI i was like...oh but of course Respawn would think of that. That's a good mechanic.

NP.

Seriously crossplay is such a wonderful thing for this. I never feel at a disadvantage against PC players with a controller.

Nice. Gonna have to talk my buddy into getting it with me.

Chettlar · Feb 28, 2021

Yerffej said:
Nice. Gonna have to talk my buddy into getting it with me.

Yes. The game is completely different playing with people. I bounced off it solo.

Khanimus · Feb 28, 2021

Chettlar said:
I genuinely didn't know this was always there. It seems like such a good, nobrainer design decision. When I noticed it in the UI i was like...oh but of course Respawn would think of that. That's a good mechanic.

Getting back into the game made me rewatch the Giantbomb video when Apex was first unveiled and they were experiencing it for the first time (well, Brad had played it, but Jeff and Ben were seeing it fresh).

It was not only a bit nostalgic seeing the original King's Canyon map, it also was a stark reminder just how flat the UI used to look, and all the mechanics Apex brought that now just seem like no-brainers.

I had legit forgotten that Apex was the first BR game (that I'm aware of) to include a respawn mechanic. I just remember playing Fortnite, and once you were out, you were out. But things like that, the contextualized ping system, etc. It's incredible to think that that stuff wasn't there before, and the game is only two years old. Going back to Overwatch after Apex came out made it feel just so primitive.

Chettlar · Feb 28, 2021

Khanimus said:
Getting back into the game made me rewatch the Giantbomb video when Apex was first unveiled and they were experiencing it for the first time (well, Brad had played it, but Jeff and Ben were seeing it fresh).

It was not only a bit nostalgic seeing the original King's Canyon map, it also was a stark reminder just how flat the UI used to look, and all the mechanics Apex brought that just seem like no-brainers.

I had legit forgotten that Apex was the first BR game (that I'm aware of) to include a respawn mechanic. I just remember playing Fortnite, and once you were out, you were out. But things like that, the contextualized ping system, etc. It's incredible to think that that stuff wasn't there before, and the game is only two years old. Going back to Overwatch after Apex came out made it feel just so primitive.

Thank you for this. I never actually was tuned in much when it came out. Interested to see the initial impressions.

StringM · Feb 28, 2021

Raiden said:
Game looks so much fun, but I hate that I can't play it solo, I'm not that social to play it with strangers all the time.

This is honestly the only reason I don't play Apex that much. For me at least, it just doesn't feel right to play BR with people you aren't correctly communicating with.

Chettlar · Feb 28, 2021

StringM said:
This is honestly the only reason I don't play Apex that much. For me at least, it just doesn't feel right to play BR with people you aren't correctly communicating with.

While it is so much better with people. You will absolutely find games with people you just vibe with. The ping system is great. Sometimes duos can be better solo.

AlexBasch · Mar 1, 2021

Good.

Now add time penalties to quitters, it's fucking annoying when they get dropped and insta-quit right after, but not before finding out they actually had a mic that they only use to whine about the team being trash. Fuck off, seriously.

AlexBasch · Mar 1, 2021

Raiden said:
Game looks so much fun, but I hate that I can't play it solo, I'm not that social to play it with strangers all the time.

Ping is good enough, people barely use their mics and they only speak to insult you.

jorgejjvr · Mar 1, 2021

Glad to hear

Freedonia · Mar 1, 2021

Apex is amazing, I switched over to pc and put a day into the game again after a week and a half. I'd still say that it's my favorite BR, it just does everything so right and it's mechanics are still well thought out and beyond other titles. A well deserved success

AaronMT · Mar 1, 2021

I know a lot of the Destiny pvp community is picking up Apex recently. Surely somewhere in the mix of MAU are a bunch of us from Destiny 2 As of recent.

PS9 · Mar 1, 2021

nihilence said:
Wasn't this declared dead early on? It's found its legs for sure.

If you listen to a lot of people on here then Apex dies every couple of weeks lol

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