Wildstar started on June 9 on Steam and since then the player numbers on Valve’s sales platform have been quite remarkable. Moreover, the existing community impressed with great welcome actions.
“I just wanted to say how wonderful it was to see you veteran players hanging around the city areas, giving tips and even handing out gifts to newcomers.” This summarizes User “Phobien” on Reddit his positive experiences with the Steam release of Wildstar, as on June 9 the colorful online role-playing game came out on Steam and numerous new players wanted to get an impression of the planet Nexus.
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The newcomers were warmly welcomed by the existing community and many players created new twinks to help the new gamers in the starting areas. Overall, the Steam launch went very well, there were no major technical problems – like there were at the Free2Play release in 2015.
WildStar: Player Numbers and Reviews on Steam
Therefore, the reviews on Steam are mostly friendly. Out of over 1,000 ratings, around 80% are positive and praise especially the complex gameplay, the quirky humor, and the helpful and friendly community. A look at the user statistics also shows that an average of over 4,000 players are online daily since the Steam release. According to Steamspy.com, there have been over 65,000 active players in the last few days, making the game appear relatively high on the “Trending Games” list. This only includes users from Steam, players who continue to use the regular Wildstar client are not counted there.
Moreover, these 4,000 players from the statistics certainly cannot all be completely new players, some veterans have probably logged into the game via Steam for simplicity’s sake. Nevertheless, the influx of new players from Steam is unmistakable and the cities and areas of Wildstar already seem more vibrant than in earlier times. Anyone who wants to dive back into the game or has always wanted to play Wildstar now has the ideal opportunity.
How do you see the Steam relaunch of Wildstar? Will this step save the game in the long run, or is the current upturn just a flash in the pan and will it soon be over? Let us know in the comments.
