Meanwhile, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown debuts in fourth place, with Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC 24 still occupying the top two spots.
Obsidian Entertainment has provided more details on its upcoming action RPG, hot on the heels of its recent Developer_Direct showing.
The monster-catching survival game also hit a peak concurrent user count of 1.7 million across all platforms, Pocketpair announced.
The RPG remake launches on February 2 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC.
The first instalment in the fantasy series' next trilogy will have around 400 people working on it by the middle of this year.
The sequel, which is currently in the conceptual design stage, will have around 80 people working on it by the end of the year.
Rémi Boutin, senior game designer on Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, hopes to be able to work on a Legend of Zelda game one day.
"At this time there is nothing to talk about, but we have gained a lot of knowledge about the RE Engine," says Kenichi Hashimoto.
That's the highest concurrent player count to date on Steam for a paid game, and the fifth-highest overall.
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Leaks have shed light on a number of Symbiote villains who would have emerged in Marvel's Spider-Man 2, prior to being cut from the game.
A potentially dangerous striped filter for playable characters is being updated in the demo, as well as the final game.
True to form, Amanda Waller will blow your head off if you don't follow mission orders when playing the looter shooter.
As per the survey, 8% developers are working on Switch 2 games, while 32% have said they are more interested in the platform than any others.
Director Naoki Hamaguchi also says Rebirth's chocobo racing minigame is the most improved minigame in the action RPG.
Square Enix's action RPG is available exclusively on PlayStation 5, while a PC version is also currently in development.
Players who purchase the standard edition – which costs $70 – cannot access the RPG's New Game Plus mode.
As the studio shifts away from a seasonal model for Halo Infinite content, it confirms it also has new projects in the works.
Going forward, the game will adopt an Operations model for new content, similar to The Master Chief Collection.
Its concurrent users peak is the 6th-highest to date in the history of Steam, overtaking the likes of Elden Ring and Hogwarts Legacy.
