{"id":1493652,"date":"2026-02-11T11:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/Etvu9qitr9ZUxhrREfGeXP"},"modified":"2026-02-11T11:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:15:07","slug":"overwatch-just-hit-its-all-time-player-count-peak-on-steam-clocking-in-over-165000-players-more-than-two-years-after-it-first-released-on-the-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/overwatch-just-hit-its-all-time-player-count-peak-on-steam-clocking-in-over-165000-players-more-than-two-years-after-it-first-released-on-the-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch just hit its all-time player count peak on Steam, clocking in over 165,000 players, more than two years after it first released on the platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/uk\/overwatch\/\">Overwatch<\/a> just had its huge reset last night, <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\/\">dropping the &#8216;2&#8217;<\/a>, adding <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 characters<\/a>, and revamping the UI, to name just a few changes. It was also the first time I&#8217;d seen a queue to get into the servers for quite some time.<\/p>\n<p>We unfortunately don&#8217;t have any numbers for player count on Battle.net, Overwatch&#8217;s primary launcher, but Steamdb has come in clutch to give us a better idea of just how many people tuned in last night to see what all the hubbub was about. The Reign of Talon season 1 brought in an impressive <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/2357570\/charts\/#max\" target=\"_blank\">165,651 peak concurrent players on Steam<\/a> last night, a personal best for Overwatch on said platform.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"TkkNpbr5XmBGMoeeJx8DiW\" name=\"overwatch 2 season 20 release date roadmap\" alt=\"Overwatch 2 Season 20: Vendetta shouting as she raises her sword above her head, about to slam it down.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/overwatch-just-hit-its-all-time-player-count-peak-on-steam-clocking-in-over-165000-players-more-than-two-years-after-it-first-released-on-the-platform.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Blizzard)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I was on Overwatch last night, although not via Steam, as I didn&#8217;t just start playing in the last two years. And I can say that this update was everything I&#8217;d hoped it would be. The new UI looks great; it&#8217;s still clean, and given that I am usually averse to any major changes, I&#8217;m surprised as to how much I like it.<\/p>\n<p>Then there are the new heroes. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/overwatch-jetpack-cat-abilities-perks\/\">Jetpack Cat<\/a> is just as much fun as she sounds; her mobility is unmatched, making her more of an annoying threat than Moira, which is saying something. Emre is fantastic, I&#8217;ve always wanted some Halo in my Overwatch, and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/overwatch-domina-abilities-perks\/\">Domina<\/a> looks like she&#8217;ll be tank meta for quite some time.<\/p>\n<p>I will say my only gripe with this new season so far is that Team 4 decided to add all the new heroes into competitive play straight away. I&#8217;m not so mad about <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/overwatch-anran-abilities-perks\/\">Anran<\/a> being there as we&#8217;ve had some time with her now, but learning how to counter four heroes on the fly after a competitive reset is certainly stressful.<\/p>\n<p>But overall, it&#8217;s been a great start to the new season, so I&#8217;m not surprised with how many people decided to come in and take a look. If only we had the figures for Battle.net, that would likely show us some really impressive numbers, but that&#8217;s something of a pipe dream.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"81a61a0f-cf3e-4c36-974a-1efa66b57224\" 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-just-hit-its-all-time-player-count-peak-on-steam-clocking-in-over-165000-players-more-than-two-years-after-it-first-released-on-the-platform-1.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=\"81a61a0f-cf3e-4c36-974a-1efa66b57224\" 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-just-hit-its-all-time-player-count-peak-on-steam-clocking-in-over-165-000-players-more-than-two-years-after-it-first-released-on-the-platform\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overwatch just had its huge reset last night, dropping the &#8216;2&#8217;, adding five new characters, and revamping the UI, to name just a few changes. It was also the first time I&#8217;d seen a queue to get into the servers for quite some time. We unfortunately don&#8217;t have any numbers for player count on Battle.net, Overwatch&#8217;s primary launcher, but Steamdb has come in clutch to give us a better idea of just how many people tuned in last night to see what all the hubbub was about. The Reign of Talon season 1 brought in an impressive 165,651 peak concurrent players on Steam last night, a personal best for Overwatch on said platform. (Image credit: Blizzard) I was on Overwatch last night, although not via&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/overwatch-just-hit-its-all-time-player-count-peak-on-steam-clocking-in-over-165000-players-more-than-two-years-after-it-first-released-on-the-platform\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1493653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[91,748],"class_list":["post-1493652","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 just hit its all-time player count peak on Steam, clocking in over 165,000 players, more than two years after it first released on the platform | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Overwatch just had its huge reset last night, dropping the &#039;2&#039;, adding five new characters, and revamping the UI, to name just a few changes. 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