New World has issued permanent bans against 500 players. But how many players are currently still on board, nearly half a year after release?
This is the ban: A duplication bug recently circulated in New World. Although it was quickly removed, it still led to some players securing some valuable item duplicates.
“We have removed a considerable number of duplicate items from the game,” describes Community Manager “Luxendra” in the New World forum. This also included some extremely valuable items, which have now been removed again. A few items seem to have remained: “The team believes that the remaining items will not have long-term effects on the economy” (via New World forums).
However, the “removal” was not limited to items but also included some of the offenders: “Regarding bans, we have permanently banned over 500 players who most frequently broke the rules,” explains Luxendra.
Additionally, some temporary bans were also issued, which have now already expired.
For the accounts of over 500 players, however, it is now first over with New World. But how many are actually still there?
This is what the numbers for New World currently look like on Steam
How many are still playing New World? Looking at the numbers on “SteamCharts”, it is quickly apparent that a large part of the player base has now apparently turned to other games.
In the “last 30 days”, New World counts an average of about 22,807 players (via SteamCharts) and a peak of 43,078 simultaneous players. For comparison:
- In February 2022, there were still 32,387 on average and 67,943 at peak
- In January 2022, New World averaged 65,107 players and had a peak of 117,042 active players.
Currently, New World ranks 42nd among the top games in the Steam charts – surrounded by games such as
- the Diablo alternative Path of Exile
- Co-op tip “Don’t Starve Together”
- the survival game “Valheim”
- and “The Witcher 3”, for which a sequel has just been announced.
So New World is certainly still being played, but the record times with six-figure player numbers are over for now. Will the future change that? In any case, New World has just presented a roadmap showing what to expect from the game in the coming months.
