Street Fighter 6 has been out for less than a day and is already off to a hot start.
Capcom’s latest entry in the Street Fighter series is already the most-played fighting game in Steam history in terms of concurrent players. 9 a.m. Pacific time this morning, SteamDBAccording to the figures, 66,317 people were playing Street Fighter 6 on Steam alone. According to industry analyst Benji Sales, twitterThis number nearly doubled the concurrent player record for fighting games on Steam.
Concurrent players, by the way, means the number of people playing the game at the same time. Other numbers are:
- Street Fighter 6: 66,317
- Mortal Kombat 11 – 35,147
- Tekken 7 – 18,966
- Mortal Kombat X – 15,743
- Street Fighter V- 14,783
Street Fighter 6 has the highest number of concurrent players among all Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat and Tekken games on Steam
all time peak
• Street Fighter 6 – 64,000+
• Mortal Kombat 11 – 35,147
• Tekken 7 – 18,966
• Mortal Kombat X – 15,743
• Street Fighter V- 14,783 pic.twitter.com/CtlpZnxkSy—Benji-Sales (@BenjiSales) June 2, 2023
It’s a great start for Street Fighter 6, and it performs very well critically. We gave the game a 9 in our Street Fighter 6 review, stating that “Street Fighter 6 is the most feature-rich Street Fighter ever released, but beyond that, the roster of 18 characters is a It’s good and the new mechanics are good,” he said. It brings back the one-on-one combat formula and perfectly realizes all the little things that make a great fighting game. “
This success story is unlike 2016’s Street Fighter V, which fell short of its original sales targets, so it looks like Capcom did everything right for Street Fighter 6’s launch. We’ll have to wait and see how well Street Fighter 6 sells, but all indications are that Capcom is happy with the launch.
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Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over 7 years of experience in the games industry and has written byline articles for IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.
