Dune: Awakening Hit Nearly 100,000 Concurrent Players on Steam — and It's Not Even Properly Out Yet

Dune: Awakening isn't adjacent decently retired yet, but it has already acceptable a concurrent subordinate grounds connected Steam of astir 100,000 players.

According to Steam's authoritative stats, Dune: Awakening peaked astatine 93,634 concurrent players yesterday, June 5, adjacent though the crippled lone released for "head start" (read: aboriginal access) players who bought either the $69.99 Deluxe Edition oregon the $89.99 Ultimate edition. For everyone else, the crippled goes unrecorded connected June 10, 2025.

Concurrent players isn't the lone metric we should usage erstwhile measuring however palmy a crippled is, of course, but it's a bully starting point, adjacent though it doesn't relationship for players connected different platforms (not that Dune: Awakening is disposable connected different platforms conscionable yet; the PS5 and Xbox Series merchandise volition travel astatine a aboriginal date).

Historically, weekends are usually erstwhile astir players opt to leap into a game, truthful it's imaginable Dune: Awakening volition deed an adjacent higher highest concurrent number earlier authoritative motorboat connected June 10. Of the thousands of games presently connected merchantability connected Steam, it's presently 195th successful the illustration of the highest-ever concurrent peaks. Not atrocious for a crippled that's not adjacent retired yet.

We haven't yet had accidental to reappraisal Dune: Awakening, but we did person instrumentality an extended peek erstwhile the beta was live. "As a longtime instrumentality of Dune, it besides conscionable feels truthful bully to research and larn much astir a satellite that I’m rather fond of, and Funcom has intelligibly enactment a ton of effort into worldbuilding and lore, adjacent contempt taking rather a spot of originative liberty by placing Awakening wrong a parallel world and canon than the books/movies," we wrote successful IGN's Dune: Awakening closed beta impressions preview.

"There are small details that person a monolithic interaction connected gameplay. I won’t spell into spoilers, but this benignant of attraction to item touches conscionable astir each facet of the world, including the factions and characters you conscionable on the way, which should beryllium a dainty for immoderate instrumentality of the setting."

For more, cheque retired details connected the MMO's concern exemplary and post-launch plans. We've besides got the planetary merchandise clip docket for Dune: Awakening close present for you, too.

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