This week sawEA bring a number of its games to Steam, releasing existing titles likeThe Sims 4andDead Space 3for one of the PC platform’s largest marketplaces, and from the looks of it, none of these games are benefiting from the increased exposure quite likeTitanfall 2.
It’s no secret that Respawn Entertainment’s sequel hasn’t seen the popularity most major first-person shooters have seen. Released in late October 2016, it had the unfortunate honor of launching right between two of that year’s biggest FPSs, EA’s ownBattlefield 1andCall of Duty: Infinite Warfare. It was a move many felt wasEA effectively gutting the game’s sales potentialin order to avoid any competition withBattlefield 1.
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In the years since, the game has tended to be played by only the most loyal and hardcore of players, but this week’s Steam release appears to have led to a large influx of newcomers. In fact, as of this writing,Titanfall 2is currently the top-selling game on Steam, beating out perennial hits likeThe Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrimand hot new titles likeHardspace: ShipbreakerandSatisfactory.
Eurogamer also reports that the game has attracted nearly 7,000 players on Steam. That number may be pretty insignificant next to theconcurrent user counts of the most popular Steam games, but it’s still enough to placeTitanfall 2among the 100 most-played games on the platform. Better yet, 7,000 players is still large enough to make Steam a viable platform for newcomers to try out the game’s multiplayer.
This is hardly the first time this has happened, though, asTitanfall 2has seen occasional bursts of increased popularity throughout the years, like when the massive launch of series offshootApex Legendsled to increased interest inTitanfall 2. Most recently, the gamesaw an explosion of new players on consolewhen it was included in PlayStation Plus’ selection of free games for December 2019.
It may be a bummer forTitanfallfans that the game never really got its due, especially since the general consensus among those who have played it is thatTitanfall 2is one of the finest shooters of recent years, with rich and fluid multiplayer on top of one of the most memorable single-player campaigns in a shooter. If the Steam launch so far is any indication, though, there’s a fair chance plenty of new players will soon be trying it out for themselves.
Titanfall 2is available for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
