{"id":1490797,"date":"2026-02-08T22:08:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T22:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b7F5W3z8zpFcZYcHHyQfbh"},"modified":"2026-02-08T22:08:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T22:08:57","slug":"overwatch-creeps-past-battlefield-6-and-call-of-dutys-concurrent-players-on-steam-hitting-its-biggest-peak-in-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/overwatch-creeps-past-battlefield-6-and-call-of-dutys-concurrent-players-on-steam-hitting-its-biggest-peak-in-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch creeps past Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty&#8217;s concurrent players on Steam, hitting its biggest peak in years"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never met anyone with uncomplicated feelings toward Overwatch, especially if you count the years it spent <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/overwatch-2-is-a-failed-idea\/\">sporting a number 2<\/a> on the end of its name, but it feels like the start of a new era for the decade-old hero shooter. The 2 is <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/overwatch-2-drops-the-2-and-goes-back-to-being-overwatch-as-blizzard-launches-its-biggest-update-ever-next-week-we-want-to-gain-players-confidence-we-want-them-to-have-trust-in-the-game\/\">outta here<\/a>, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/overwatchs-biggest-season-ever-kicks-off-with-5-new-heroes-all-at-once-including-a-cat-with-a-jetpack-who-can-toss-you-off-the-map\/\">five new heroes<\/a> are inbound, and the game is <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/overwatchs-glow-up-didnt-just-happen-overnight-its-successes-have-been-in-the-works-for-years-now\/\">really fun<\/a> right now. If you ask me, it&#8217;s been fun since <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/overwatch-2-stadium\/\">Stadium<\/a> hit the scene, but I digress\u2014people are flocking back to the game in droves.<\/p>\n<p>As spotted by <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/gaming\/pc-gaming\/overwatch-just-hit-its-highest-player-base-on-steam-pc-since-launch-passing-battlefield-6-and-call-of-duty\" target=\"_blank\">Windows Central<\/a>, the charts on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/2357570\/\" target=\"_blank\">SteamDB<\/a> have seen a big upward trend in the last week. As I write this on a Sunday afternoon, it&#8217;s sitting at around 68,000 concurrent players, which is surprisingly close to its all-time peak of 75,608. Right now it&#8217;s just above DayZ and Call of Duty, and there was a bit there on Feb. 8 where it was well above Battlefield 6.<\/p>\n<p>While that might not sound super impressive considering that Marvel Rivals is well into the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/2767030\/charts\/\" target=\"_blank\">six figures range<\/a>, it&#8217;s worth noting that much of Overwatch&#8217;s community began playing and continue to on the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"http:\/\/battle.net\">Battle<\/a>.<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"http:\/\/battle.net\" target=\"_blank\">net<\/a> launcher. Exactly what percentage of the playerbase is represented on Steam isn&#8217;t clear, but as a vague indicator of the game&#8217;s popularity taken with a grain of salt, it shows that something is bringing people back.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/overwatch-jetpack-cat-abilities-perks\/\">it&#8217;s probably the cat<\/a>. But there&#8217;s also all the new passive abilities divvied up by hero role, the lootbox refresh, the other four new heroes, and so on. The new season bringing all that isn&#8217;t even out yet, as it launches Feb. 10, but it beckons all the same.<\/p>\n<p>I still mourn the possibilities that could have been unlocked by a proper PvE expansion to Overwatch, but it&#8217;s probably for the best that the game focuses on what people actually play it for: Its heroes and multiplayer modes. Hero shooter fans are spoiled for choice between third-person MOBA shooter <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/deadlock\/\">Deadlock<\/a>, caped crusade-&#8217;em-up <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/marvel-rivals\/\">Marvel Rivals<\/a>, and even a mod that aims to recapture the magic of early <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/thousands-of-players-flood-into-team-fortress-2-classified-the-free-tf2-classic-mod-that-just-launched-on-steam\/\">Team Fortress 2<\/a>, so it&#8217;s a great time to get back into whichever game tickles your fancy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"1d5cc28c-8be0-4753-893d-60c7e39e9d4c\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/overwatch-creeps-past-battlefield-6-and-call-of-dutys-concurrent-players-on-steam-hitting-its-biggest-peak-in-years.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"1d5cc28c-8be0-4753-893d-60c7e39e9d4c\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/overwatch-creeps-past-battlefield-6-and-call-of-dutys-concurrent-players-on-steam-hitting-its-biggest-peak-in-years\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never met anyone with uncomplicated feelings toward Overwatch, especially if you count the years it spent sporting a number 2 on the end of its name, but it feels like the start of a new era for the decade-old hero shooter. The 2 is outta here, five new heroes are inbound, and the game is really fun right now. If you ask me, it&#8217;s been fun since Stadium hit the scene, but I digress\u2014people are flocking back to the game in droves. As spotted by Windows Central, the charts on SteamDB have seen a big upward trend in the last week. As I write this on a Sunday afternoon, it&#8217;s sitting at around 68,000 concurrent players, which is surprisingly close to its all-time peak&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/overwatch-creeps-past-battlefield-6-and-call-of-dutys-concurrent-players-on-steam-hitting-its-biggest-peak-in-years\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1490798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[91,748],"class_list":["post-1490797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-fps","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Overwatch creeps past Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty&#039;s concurrent players on Steam, 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