Redfall Gameplay Time Reveals It’s Actually Doing Just Fine Thanks To Game Pass
More than a week after launch, Arkane's vampire-hunting co-op shooter Redfall is still a complete mess. If it's not AI that can't figure out how to move around a box, it's floating chimneys, blurry visuals, and hovering vampires that don't seem to know when they've been shot. It's no surprise that this broken game is both Bethesda's and Arkane's lowest-rated game ever and is now in the bottom 15 games on Steam.
And yet, despite all the bad press, Redfall is actually Xbox's second-biggest game launch of the year. That's according to True Achievements, which released its report on Xbox player data yesterday. Going based on the number of hours players poured into Redfall for the week ending on May 7, Redfall was the third-biggest game on Xbox systems, just behind Fortnite and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
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As noted by GamesRadar+, a lot of that could be attributed to Redfall's same-day release on Game Pass. Just like Atomic Heart, Xbox's biggest game release of 2023 so far, Redfall being on Game Pass meant that Xbox gamers could give it a try without having to shell out additional cash. It seems that despite the bugs, Redfall has found at least some audience on Xbox even as Steam players abandon the game en masse.
Tue Achievements notes that gameplay hours are collected weekly, so it’s quite possible that next week’s data will reveal a big drop as everyone abandons Redfall for Tears of the Kingdom.
The most curious thing about Redfall is how silent Arkane has been. It's now been over a week since Redfall's abysmal release, and Arkane hasn't said a single word about patches or even hinted at a roadmap to get Redfall into a more playable state.
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