Lost Ark has recently peaked over 500,000 players on Steam right now event though it has not been released yet.
According to database site SteamDB, the upcoming MMOARPG is already peaking at exactly 532,476 concurrent players on the Steam PC platform. Due to this, even the initial pre-load unlock and the new downloads had issues, which made processes taking longer. Steam servers got so packed due to this.
Many fans have been waiting to try out Lost Ark for so long since its first reveal on Korea a few years ago. After it was announced it was going to be on western countries, a lot of gamers got ecstatic and right away pre-loaded the game.
The game is free-to-play but there are four founder’s packs that players can purchase with the perk of gaining early access right away. The free-to-play launch will start on Friday, February 11, 2022, which means the concurrent player numbers will definitely rise soon.
On Twitch, the game quickly peaked at 1.273 million concurrent viewers. Lost Ark has now become the streaming website’s number one game at that time.
Lost Ark launches on February 11, 2022. It will be available on PC only. You can pre-load it now on Steam.