Players of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora have every reason to return to the game or to enter the world of Pandora digitally for the first time. This is also reflected in the player numbers on Steam.
How did Avatar start on Steam? Upon release, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora fell short of Ubisoft’s expectations. Compared to the two parts of The Division, Avatar lagged behind in revenues.
The title appeared on Steam only 7 months after its release. By that time, the hype was already over and there were many performance issues. Therefore, the title never reached 3,000 simultaneous active players on Steam (as seen on SteamDB).
New content brings a flood of players to Avatar
How has Avatar changed? However, there are 2 major points that make many players return to Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora or check it out for the first time:
- In December 2025, the third part of the Avatar series was released in theaters. The story of Fire and Ash revolves around a new people and the well-known problems of the Na’vi. According to 2 well-known YouTubers, the film feels like a WoW addon. Accordingly, there is a new DLC for the video game adaptation.
- At the same time as the DLC, a major update was released on Steam for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. This update introduced the desired third-person view by players and fixed many bugs that could lead to game crashes.
This led to an explosion of player numbers on Steam. Currently, there is a new all-time high every week. At the moment, the counter stands at 15,283 simultaneous active players within the last 24 hours on Steam, reached about 11 hours ago (as of January 5, 2026, at 8:30 AM).
How has this affected the ratings? On Steam, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora has over 8,000 ratings with currently 72% positive ratings. In the last 30 days, there have been a total of 2,188 reviews that give the game a positive rating of 76%. A quarter of the positive reviews, therefore, came only in the last 30 days, coinciding with the update.
Several users write that Avatar is “finally playable.” At release, the title was unplayable due to numerous bugs. User Sarluna also expresses how much he appreciates the third-person view. The user suffers from motion sickness, and this perspective minimizes the problem.
If there is still criticism, it usually refers to technical issues – such as on laptops or due to missing sound effects.
In contrast, Ubisoft is facing bigger problems with another game. Here, hackers have taken control of the game. The problem is so severe that the servers had to be taken offline: Ubisoft shuts down the servers of its most successful game: Hackers take control, give away premium currency and ban players
