Battlefield 6 has rapidly established itself as one of the most actively engaged titles on Steam, attracting a remarkable number of simultaneous players at an early stage.
Describing it in such simple terms would hardly capture its true magnitude level of interest in this title as high. After several underwhelming installments, the new release appears to be steering the franchise in a revitalizing direction—a claim supported by the latest player statistics.
After experiencing significant waiting times during the Early Access period of the open beta—which persisted yesterday and will continue today until the wide release on August 9-10—data now reveals exactly how many individuals were engaging with the game simultaneously on Steam.
Within just one day of testing, the platform recorded a peak of 334,549 concurrent players, according to data provided by SteamDB. This impressive figure places the game at the 38th spot in Steam's historic concurrent player rankings.
To put this achievement into perspective, the number of participants in this beta episode exceeded the peak numbers of several other titles, including:
- Starfield
- Split Fiction
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- The Finals
- The First Descendant
- Rust
- Ark: Survival Evolved
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II
- Halo Infinite
- Destiny 2
- Elden Ring: Nightreign
and other popular games, all of which have yet to reach such a milestone.
Although these numbers come from a beta version and the actual launch in October will be the real test—along with long-term player engagement—the current performance offers a very promising indication that EA and Battlefield Studios might have delivered a standout product later this year.