The Steam achievements of New World reveal a lot about player behavior in the new MMORPG. Only 8% of players have reached level 60, but is that really few or rather a lot? We at MeinMMO explain the situation.
What are Steam achievements? If a game is on Steam, it usually has achievements. These are often similar to those on consoles and grant you a success when you have accomplished something specific.
New World also has several of these achievements, over 130 even. These reward you in MMORPGs for playing the game itself, collecting certain items, or for reaching a certain level.
Thanks to Steam’s “Global Achievements” feature, you can see how many % of players have completed each achievement. This reveals some interesting insights about New World.
Are accurate numbers available? Unfortunately not. While you can see percentage-wise how many players have achieved an achievement and how many people are currently online, we currently cannot say how many players actually have the game.
Since Amazon has not yet released sales figures, the exact number cannot be verified. Depending on where you look, New World has between 1.8 and 20 million players. What is certain is that there are at least 900,000, as that many played simultaneously during the release weekend.
New World players are particularly engaged
How do the numbers compare to other MMOs? About 8% of “New World” players have reached the maximum level of 60. But how does that compare to similar games?
Compared to the survival MMO Fallout 76, the numbers are roughly similar. 8.3% of fans have reached level 100 there. While the percentage of users is about the same, the sheer number is much higher for New World since it has many more players.
The MMORPG SWTOR made its debut on Steam last year, yet only 2.3% of players achieved the accomplishment of completing the last story chapter, which is significantly less than in New World.
Both games have been out longer than New World and have fewer players on Steam. Nevertheless, already after one month, 8% of users have reached level 60. This suggests that New World fans are particularly engaged.
Why is that? Other Steam achievements confirm this theory. After all, 29.5% of players have achieved the accomplishment for playing New World for 80 hours. 12.6% are already at 160 hours and 2.5% even at 320 hours. In just one month.
0.1% of players have even unlocked the achievement “I will sleep next week,” which you receive for 720 hours in the game. 0.1% may sound small, but even if we assume the lowest player base number of 913,000, that’s almost 1,000 players.
This could be due to the enormous hype surrounding New World, with many wanting to take the chance of a new, big MMORPG to be at the forefront right away. The first players reached level 60 within three days.
The rest of the player base is slowly catching up. The thirst for a new, big MMORPG was definitely there, and New World was able to satisfy it for many. Many players also say that they know New World is not optimal, but there is nothing else currently available to play.
Although New World is currently losing players, which is actually the most normal thing in the world, the game is far from dying, as many have already predicted in the comment sections. On the contrary, the game is actually doing quite well after a month.
5% of people are playing without a faction
Who needs factions? A full 5% of fans are playing in the game without a faction. You can choose a faction from level 10, and at least 86.9% of all buyers have reached that.
Meanwhile, 35.2% of players have joined the Syndicate, making it the most successful faction globally. 30.9% joined the Marauders, and 15.8% chose the Covenant.
This means that out of 86.9% of users, 81.9% have chosen a faction. One reason for this could be the “Weavermoor Challenge” circulating on reddit.
In this challenge, you travel directly to Weavermoor after the tutorial and do not leave it again. You level there until level 60 and are not allowed to take any quests outside of Weavermoor. This means you cannot join any faction either. However, how many people are currently attempting this is unknown.
Which achievements are still interesting? It is also interesting to see which professions and life skills are popular among fans of the game. At the forefront is the “Hunter” achievement, which you receive when you reach tracking at level 200. Already, 21.4% of players have accomplished this.
The other end of the gathering skills is, without surprise, fishing, which only progresses very slowly. Only 0.2% of fans have leveled fishing to level 200.
In terms of life skills, the situation is even worse: weaponsmithing, jewelry crafting, woodworking, and engineering have only 0% of players at level 200. We cannot say exactly at what value Steam rounds down to 0, but it is very few players.
In weapons, the axe seems to be the most popular, as 4.9% of players have already leveled it to maximum level 20. Closely followed by the great axe with 4.7% and the life staff with 3.6%.
The least popular seems to be the iconic musket, as only 0.5% of players have leveled it to level 20, and the bow does not look much better either. It ranks second to last with 1.4%.
What do you think of the achievements in New World? Have you unlocked any special achievements that are still very rare? Are you particularly surprised by some of the numbers and were you expecting others? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO.
Our readers have also voted on the most popular weapon, and the results are different.
