Hogwarts Legacy Has One of Steam's Biggest Early Access Launches
Hogwarts Legacy has had one of the biggest early access launches in Steam history for a paid, single player game.
As spotted by VGC, analyst Benji-Sales tweeted that Avalanche Software’s wizarding RPG has already achieved an all time concurrent player peak of 474,144, which has since risen by over 15,000 to 489,139.
Benji-Sales noted that the pre-launch figure represents the second highest player peak for any paid, single player game in the history of the Steam platform according to SteamDB.
Hogwarts Legacy Early Access has passed the All-Time Steam Peak of Fallout 4Hogwarts Legacy is now the #2 highest peak in history for a paid single-player only game (Elden Ring has multiplayer) only behind Cyberpunk 2077Peak• Hogwarts Legacy: 474,144+
The success bumped Fallout 4's concurrent player record of 472,962 down into third place, with Hogwarts Legacy now trailing just Cyberpunk 2077, which despite its rocky launch was able to achieve a staggering concurrent player count of 1,054,388.
The early access period comes ahead of Hogwarts Legacy’s full launch on February 10, and so only takes into account players who gained early access by ordering the Deluxe Edition of the open world RPG.
Its performance comes as proof that excitement around the game has been building for a long time, perhaps growing further following Hogwarts Legacy's positive critical reception.
It's development hasn't been without controversy, however, as Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has been criticised for having anti-transgender views, with some fans threatening to boycott the game in the face of the controversy.
Game director Alan Trew recently laid out his inclusive approach to the game’s development and its audience though, and a transgender character
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