On September 10, Satisfactory left Early Access. What the developers did not expect: The number of concurrent players on Steam has multiplied tenfold.
What kind of game is Satisfactory? The building game sends you to an alien planet where your task is to build a factory. To do this, you collect resources, set up new production sites and transport routes, and continuously expand your factory.
You can watch the official release trailer for the game here:
As you scour the planet for new resources, you will occasionally encounter dangerous wildlife. Exploration and fighting are also part of the game, which you control entirely from a first-person perspective. You can also play alone or in co-op with up to three other players.
Player numbers on Steam soar
How did the launch of version 1.0 go? The official release of the game has led to a significant increase in players: On September 9, Satisfactory recorded about 10,000 concurrent players according to SteamDB, on the launch day of version 1.0 there were already ten times as many.
The developers at Coffee Stain probably did not expect such a huge influx, as revealed by a message from the community manager on X (formerly Twitter):
“Before this week, our highest CCU on Steam was 34k… I can’t tell you how crazy that is for me. Thank you all!”
At the time of this post, the game had reached a CCU (“concurrent users”) of almost 169,000. On Sunday, September 15, the player numbers, according to SteamDB, further increased, reaching a peak of over 186,000 concurrent players.
The game was in Early Access for 5 years – first for one year exclusively on the Epic Games Store, then also on Steam. Furthermore, the developers have already confirmed that they are working on versions for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Dead Island 2 is another game that has exceeded the expectations of fans and possibly also the developers. In October, players of the zombie shooter will even receive a new game mode as a thank you. You can read more about it here: A once-dead co-op game with zombies gets better than ever, and it’s free
