{"id":587921,"date":"2026-03-18T02:25:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T02:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/babylons-fall-one-player-steam-concurrent"},"modified":"2026-03-18T02:25:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T02:25:33","slug":"only-one-person-was-keeping-the-babylons-fall-dream-alive-on-steam-last-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/only-one-person-was-keeping-the-babylons-fall-dream-alive-on-steam-last-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Only one person was keeping the Babylon&#8217;s Fall dream alive on Steam last week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/only-one-person-was-keeping-the-babylons-fall-dream-alive-on-steam-last-week.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Babylon&#8217;s Fall<\/strong> is a video game that came out this year, a little over two months ago in fact. It&#8217;s developed by PlatinumGames, and published by purveyor of hits Square Enix. It&#8217;s completely fine if you never heard of it until this moment (or if you forgot it existed), because that seems to also be true for the majority of Steam users.<\/p>\n<p>Babylon&#8217;s Fall has not sold very well on any platform, but things have been especially dire on PC. On Steam, the game&#8217;s concurrent player count peaked at a meagre 1,166 players at launch, and has been dropping ever since. Usually, the online action game averages around 50-60 players every day.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, however &#8211; specifically on Wednesday, May 4 &#8211; that peak concurrent was down to just <em>one<\/em>. A single person was online in-game at that point. This shocking new low was spotted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/babylons-fall-dropped-to-just-one-concurrent-player-on-pc\/\">VGC<\/a>, and though you can see Babylon&#8217;s Fall has &#8220;recovered&#8221; since then &#8211; returning to its <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcharts.com\/app\/889750#7d\">usual concurrent average of ~60<\/a> &#8211; only one player for a game that&#8217;s barely a few weeks old from a major publisher and a renowned developer is certainly a rare sight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/babylons-fall-one-player-steam-concurrent\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/babylons-fall-one-player-steam-concurrent\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Babylon&#8217;s Fall is a video game that came out this year, a little over two months ago in fact. It&#8217;s developed by PlatinumGames, and published by purveyor of hits Square Enix. 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