Prior to its launch later this week, Lost Ark has already surpassed 500,000 players on Steam. Lost Ark originally launched in Korea, Japan, and Russia in December 2019, after the game, developed by Tripod Studio and Smilegate RPG, spent time in closed beta in 2018. Now, the title will be receiving a full localization for both North America, Latin America, and Europe with publishing done by Amazon Games.
Lost Ark is an MMO Action RPG reminiscent of titles from Blizzard, like Diablo or World of Warcraft. Lost Ark offers a robust amount of customization for players to craft the warrior of their desires. While the localized version of the game will only feature 5 classes to start with, Tripod Studios has confirmed that eventually Lost Ark will have 14 different classes to create over the course of game's playtime. Lost Ark also promises lots to do in-game to keep players engaged beyond the endless combat, with activities such as hunting and fishing also available.
Lost Ark Details Pre-Load Times and Servers for Launch
Now, with mere days left before the title is set to be released in North America and other regions, Steam has officially reported that Lost Ark has passed the mark of 500,000 total Lost Ark players. This, following a stellar display of Lost Ark during its localized technical beta last fall, makes for an impressive debut of the game ahead of its release.
Steam’s breakdown of Lost Ark’s data shows that the game reached an all-time count of concurrent players at 532,476 as of February 8th, and an average of 300,000 players active as of today's recording. This added with the news earlier last month that Steam had reached a concurrent player record for the platform itself at 27.9 million users, which topped the
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