Team Fortress 2 hits new all-time player peak after Summer 2023 update
destructoid.comTeam Fortress 2 got a surprisingly large update this week, and it seems like players are flocking to it. Steam charts show Team Fortress 2 hitting an all-time player high following the Summer 2023 update.
Judging by Steam tracking site SteamDB, Valve’s team-based shooter climbed well above its previous player count records with the Summer 2023 addition to Team Fortress 2. Anecdotally, it seems like a lot of people are hopping back on, too.
What’s in the content update, though? It’s actually a lot of community content. A while back, Valve had put out a call for Steam Workshop submissions for a seasonal update. The Summer 2023 update looks to be the fruits of the community’s labor, bringing in 14 new maps and even fully incorporating a game mode, VSH—Versus Saxton Hale—an asymmetrical battle between a team and one souped-up Saxton.
Hopefully, this kind of renewed interest in Team Fortress 2 could see the classic game get some more attention. While it’s a big update, it’s also a primarily community-developed one. And the community clearly still loves this game, even through all the years. It’s hard to think of many other (non-MMO) games that could have this kind of fervent resurgence.
Here’s the content updates for the Summer 2023 update. For the full patch notes, including the general gameplay and backend updates, head here.
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