Destiny 2 PC player count nears records despite Lightfall criticism

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The Destiny 2 monthly PC player count is at its highest since the game’s Shadowkeep content launch that included a swath of new content for free-to-play players, according to data from Steam Charts. This high count may be surprising given the mixed reception to the FPS game‘s recent Lightfall expansion, which debuted just over a month ago.

The last time the average player count was higher than in March 2023 was in October 2019, when Destiny 2 launched Shadowkeep, the New Light campaign, and introduced thousands of new and returning players to all-new content in the game universe.

Steam Charts shows that the average monthly player count in March 2023 was 135,102.3, which doesn’t include the number of players who have also started playing since the game launched on the Epic Games Store in August 2022. In October 2019, 165,307.8 Guardians donned their gear and began exploring the game’s Shadowkeep expansion and its wealth of additional content. While Steam Charts monthly counts are not an entirely accurate method of comparison due to the nature of the game’s weekly resets causing more updates in some months than others, it still gives audiences an excellent snapshot of overall player activity within the game.

The Lightfall expansion suffers from mixed reviews, most ranging between six and seven out of ten across PC and console. People criticized the campaign, disappointing players in failing to grant any additional insight into some of the blistering questions they faced as they sought to explore Neomuna in Destiny 2 season 20. However, some have suggested the high player counts are due to a massive marking push around the expansion and the game’s seasonal and ongoing content, such as the secret Destiny 2 Vexcalibur Exotic