The hack and slash Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem launched strongly on Steam at release – despite problems. However, the player count has significantly decreased since then.
What is the current status of Wolcen? The action RPG was released on February 13, 2020, and immediately stormed the Steamcharts. At peak, 127,542 players played simultaneously. And this was despite the hack and slash being marked by several problems, including server issues and bugs.
However, the situation now looks different. As can be seen from SteamDB, the peak in the last 24 hours was only 7,291 players. That is a loss of nearly 95% of the total players.
Problems upon Problems
How did it come to this? Players complained right after the launch of Wolcen about the issues, but the developers regularly released updates. However, their frequency decreased. Eventually, the team explained that they would focus on the bugs, balancing, and performance issues for four months, putting new content on the back burner.
Now, with the Corona crisis, the frequency of updates is further reduced. The problem is: Wolcen still has difficulties and does not provide a smooth gaming experience. Bugs and balancing issues negatively affect the fun of playing. The fact that fans now have to wait longer for updates apparently has an impact on player numbers.
What does the community currently think of Wolcen? The ratings on Steam for the past 30 days are currently at 53%. The evaluations are quite mixed.
- Rezois states on Steam: “I cannot recommend this game in its current state. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great game, but the amount of bugs makes it nearly unplayable in the later stages of the game.”
- Mahraja writes on Steam: “It was so promising until they released it. It’s a buggy mess that is poorly balanced.”
- n0r34lity on Steam, however, sees it not as dramatically: “A successful alternative if you are tired of the same old seasons in Diablo. Unfortunately still quite buggy and the community seems to be quite small.”
Developers are in a difficult situation
What happens next? The developers are continuing to work on updates, even though this is not going as well as before due to the Corona crisis. Once Wolcen is in a good state, it will be urgently necessary to provide new content.
MeinMMO author Andreas says: I myself have stopped playing Wolcen. Already in Act 2, I had to deal with bugs that increased later on. I can therefore understand if others have also lost interest. The developers now need to ensure that they quickly get the action RPG into a good state, which is likely to be difficult due to the Corona crisis.
Let’s hope that with the release of a new story act, interest in Wolcen will flare up again.
- Are you looking for alternatives to Wolcen? These hack ‘n slashes are set to be released in 2020.
- Additionally, Last Epoch is already an interesting competitor to Wolcen in the starting blocks.
