Hogwarts Legacy player count climbs Steam charts with PC launch

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The Hogwarts Legacy player count has reached a new high following the full PC launch for the Harry Potter RPG game. Despite reports of PC crashing issues and frame rate stuttering, the wizard adventure was the second most-played game on Steam during the first full day after its release, topping games including Dota 2, PUBG: Battlegrounds, Apex Legends, and Grand Theft Auto 5 as players choose their Hogwarts Legacy house and explore the magical castle.

The Hogwarts Legacy player count on Steam reached a peak of 807,112 concurrent players on February 11. This peak happened at 12pm PST / 3pm EST / 8pm GMT / 9pm CET, typically around the time that games tend to see their highest player counts due to the crossover between all regions, especially on weekend days.

This number saw Hogwarts Legacy rise comfortably above the likes of free games including Dota 2 (653,083), battle royale games PUBG: Battlegrounds (452,934) and Apex Legends (441,884), and Rockstar’s GTA 5 (162,232) for the day, although it’s still a way off Valve’s own FPS game CS:GO, which saw its own all-time peak of 1,320,219 concurrents set earlier in the day.

This number also makes the Hogwarts Legacy player count the eighth highest concurrent number of all time on Steam, putting it above games like Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and breakout hit Among Us-like Goose Goose Duck. It isn’t enough, however, to top the all-time highs of Amazon Games MMORPGs New World and Lost Ark, or fellow RPGs Elden Ring and Cyberpunk 2077.

Above image courtesy of offical Steam charts, taken Feb 12, 2023.

The Hogwarts Legacy PC release has seen many complaints of frame rate stuttering, along with reports of Hogwarts Legacy PC crashing problems. Some players report that they’ve seen