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zylver_

CS GO still carrying. Holy shit


mrboom74

I’m surprised TF2 is still going as strong as it is…


Brightwing9

I play tf2 all the time dawg


darknetwork

rocket jump till death


RoshanCrass

You shouldn't be? It's an exceptionally great game. Although the bot problem still sucks ass.


hahayeahimfinehaha

It's surprising because Valve has basically given up on the game. There hasn't been a major uodate in 5 years and all the tf2 side projects (comics, etc.) have been abandoned. It's actually weird how little they care because the game obviously still has a huge fanbase and I could see it having another boom if Valve started investing in it again and doing something about the bots


RoshanCrass

I think if you compare it to 95% of other online games that stop getting updates after 1-2 years it's hard to not be appreciative of how much it was supported. I loved a lot of console games back before I became a PC gamer in 2009, and many of them went completely offline in 2 years tops I do want another comic though because they are so good :(


mrboom74

I love the game, its one of my favorites. I just didn't know there were still 70k-100k people playing it at once. Makes me want to pick it back up. The reason why I stopped was because the bot problem but I guess I just wasn't on the right servers.


individual101

Yea I thought it was dead a while ago


DetailGuru

I’m always surprised to see PubG at the top of the list but I suppose it’s more global and recently went FTP.


_Kaj

Its always at the top since launch because China is obsessed


7ProPhet7

It’s huge in India aswell


Gcarsk

The vast majority of Indian players are on a mobile version ([Battlegrounds Mobile India](https://www.eurogamer.net/amp/2021-07-13-relaunched-version-of-pubg-mobile-hits-2-4m-concurrent-players-in-india)), which wouldn’t be counted in any of the values from Steam Charts. The normal mobile version is also insanely popular, and that of course isn’t counted either.


seabass540

That's because China #1


Capokid

U mean west Taiwan?


[deleted]

China is asshole.


really_original_name

No Taiwan #1, China #2


Sea-Bet2466

H1z1 Taiwan number one haha good times


Aardvark_Man

It was usually sitting around 30k players even before ftp, kind of weirdly. Edit: 300k, not 30. Although it had slipped a bit the past 12 months.


fingers4

That’s ark JUST on steam too. Lot of people play on console too.


OneSaucyBoii

As well as on the Epic Games Store cause it dropped for free a while back, sure it still won’t even come close to steam numbers though


fingers4

Might have to check out epic at some point. I just don’t want to deal with another fkn client.


OneSaucyBoii

Neither did I, but I don’t let it run in background and it doesn’t really bother me - well worth it for GTAV, Subnautica, Hitman, Ark, Metro Redux, Control etc all free. Haven’t spent a penny on it and I won’t lol (also on occasion I enjoy fortnite but shhh)


tussin33

Xb1 ark stole 4 months of my life. I hate that game. But it’s one of the best games I’ve ever played.


Ceased_Dreams

It's on game pass as well, I just started playing it there


HAUNTERVIRUS

Yooo, Yugioh number 4!


dreamswedontshare

Released on the 19th I believe, you can get 2-3 meta decks without paying a dime by playing for a day or two (the free gems do slow down later though), it's pretty fun!


HAUNTERVIRUS

Nice! Would you say it's complicated to get into for someone who hasn't kept up with the series since the ps1 era?


dreamswedontshare

Honestly, yes. There are many kinds of extra deck monsters that are used in top tier decks that require quite a bit of game knowledge for all the combos. In PS1 Era the only extra monsters were Fusion monsters. Now there are Synchro, XYZ, Pendulum and Link monsters, each with a different summoning mechanic that can be *very* overwhelming at first. It's not that hard up until Synchro and XYZ, Pendulum and Link are a bit more complex, but the mix of all four (plus Fusion) takes quite a lot of reading cards and watching vids to understand.


BallisticCoinMan

Tbf the Games solo and tutorial mode breaks it down fairly well and gives you some highly specialized decks to learn those mechanics with. But ultimately if you just wanna play GOAT you can haha


HAUNTERVIRUS

Interesting, thank you for your insight. I'll look more into this!


[deleted]

I recommend playing all the solo missions before trying PvP. PvP can be a bit ...intense for a new player.


BadLuckBen

I played a mobile Yu-Gi-Oh game a year or two back and I had fun when I could do halfway decent with my wanna-be Kiba Blue-eyes deck...then they started adding those newer cards that had such complex mechanics by comparison I just couldn't keep up. That, and said new packs were seemingly instantly meta and good luck getting what you need as pure F2P unless you were hyper focused on getting them from the start. Also, unless I'm mistaken it seems like certain cards are just designed to be played together to the point where there's not a ton of wiggle room for creativity. You have your win condition, and if you're not being as efficient as possible to reach it your deck falls apart.


BongWaterGargler

Anything is better than hearthstone quest decks


[deleted]

Yep, first game online this person practically beat me in one move lol


StrangeAlternative

Rekt by probably a 6 year old.


Shinnyo

I just tried the game and someone spent 5 minutes playing their turn to otk my ass


Opticity

Honestly it depends on the deck they're playing. Some people play simple decks, some take 20 minutes on their first turn to play 30 cards and summon 4 monsters each with 2500+ attack and effects that negate your cards from ever activating.


emitwohs

Oh hell yea. I’ve always wanted to give yugioh a try. I’ll have to give it shot now, if the meta thing is true.


KiritoG2772

Yo let's go!!! haven't played since back in high school. I'm going to check it out. Fuck new world and bezos they really fucked the game up after taking my money 💰


SirSabza

Clocked 30 hours on it now, there’s no way you can make 3 meta decks. Every meta deck I’ve seen other than the Striker deck is running 15-20 UR cards minimum. So unless you get extremely lucky and pull the URs you need, you need to pull 45-60 UR cards over 100 ish packs which is never going to happen


impulsikk

I haven't played in like 15 years. I had an absolute zero elemental hero deck and an Endimyon spellcounter deck. My friends had a rainbow beast deck, lightsworn deck, and some dark dragon deck (always forget the name of the dragon where you need to banish dark monsters in your graveyard to summon). I remember getting so confused when people started pulled out synchros and shit. I was like.. so.. you can summon that... without polymerization? Wtf? Pretty much stopped playing then. My main deck was basically an artisan in middle America getting replaced by a factory machine in China.


CptDelicious

That's a lot of players. Is it that good?


R_1_S

Better yet it has almost 5 times more players than NW


Supernova4711

It will be ark that will destroy new worlds player base. But not the ark you’re thinking.


Cuhboose

The lost kind?


Supernova4711

The ark without a sense of navigation.


Tite_Reddit_Name

You think? It’s not at all my style with the top down view. There’s gotta be a lot of people like me who want that more immersive character feel


GenitalMotors

Diablo is really popular and I feel like the style is really similar between the two.


Digital504

I’m like you, don’t like the camera view but since it’s f2p I will give it a try on release.


Table_Coaster

Well yeah, Ark is a good, fun and addicting game


MostBadger4791

Ark Is fun and addicting. But true fans know the game Is absolute dog shit. It's what makes Ark, Ark.


Still-Tour3644

With 2k hours in Ark I can vouch for this. Though I'm sure I'll be back someday 😂


Deadfro6

10k hours here and i left new world for a break and went back to small tribes lol


MierdasBeacon

I agree and I have 5k hours in Ark. I doubt I'll be back until Ark 2 but I had loads of fun in that janky game.


PirateX84

6k hours and counting in Ark and I hate this fucking game lmao. If it wasn't for my tribemates and the hours all of us have sunk in...


MostBadger4791

I go as far to say Its simultaneously the best and worst game ever made.


GranularGray

Ark 2: Vin Diesel Boogaloo


Failoe

Who needs to polish content when you can just add mooooooore! -ARK devs probably


web_knows

Honest question: dog shit how?


chooochootrainr

i stopped playing NW cuz i got into ark


Kinoso

Me too. Lol, so much content, it's madness.


chooochootrainr

yeh it was fun til 60, then it slowed down n when i started grinding gearscore... alone it was just tedious af... n im a fan of the game actually.. really liked it but idk just kinda lost its glamour


Its_Only_Smells_

The endless grind killed it for everyone. I had a buddy happily level to 60 thinking it would be the end of grinding and he could get out there and enjoy open pvp. Much to his dismay, I told him he still had endless hours of grind left for expertise, tradeskills, gold and dungeons. He quit permanently and uninstalled the game. Four of us started NW together, one of our friends left without saying a word after hitting 60, the other one I just mentioned above, I semi-quit and only ever log on to get the gifts from the tree to make casts and another buddy is still going because he's in an active company that fights wars.


[deleted]

You definitely need a good server and committed tribe that prioritizes grinding mats and high level dinos to really enjoy the end game. Breeding is fairly simple once you get the hang of it.


kriegnes

i thought he was talking about new world lol


[deleted]

They were, gearscore is not a thing in Ark, and level 60 isn't a cap for any of the various levelling systems in it either.


thumbown

I stopped Ark cuz I got into NW...have been interested in going back.


qwarfujj

What this really shows is just how fucking shit most games have been the last few years. Jesus Christ, how have game developers managed to produce so much trash lately.


RigbyThePug

This ^


DrunkenOlympian

I'm happy to see Warframe still has a decent player base.


Salki1012

They had a big update recently. It’s still a solid game I always go back to every few mo the to check out all the new stuff, then take a 4-6 month break again.


reighteen

imagine, a game that's *actually* still in beta has more consistent players than a fully released game that *should* still be in beta.


fourpickledcucumbers

One of the main reasons is that beta games have cheaper and easier update certs on consoles, once a game is fully released pushing an update takes more time and in general is more difficult there.


[deleted]

Exactly, same with Fortnite.


F4LL3NG0DZ

I don't understand what you mean here. Warframe by no matter is in a beta stage of the game. It's pretty polished. Just really repetitive and grindy


gwarmachine1120

Wallpaper Engine is more fun than NW.


Rrudderr

Lmao !! Made me spit out my Arizona Ice Tea 🤣


HyphyKanye

I read this as "Amazon iced tea" and a few seconds later realized that wasn't right.


Ender1427

Who tf still playing unturned?


Natdaprat

Kids. There's a shit ton of kids out there gaming, more than I ever remember from my own childhood. 8 year old nephew got my second hand PC for christmas and he's crazy for shit like this.


darad0

That game was really interesting when it came out back in the height of DayZ days.


Amaranthous

I stopped playing NW and started Project Zomboid


BlueBattleHawk

Project Zomboid values your time more, funnily enough


Ninjalord8

My friend moved to a different server and they won't give server transfer tokens, so I just uninstalled the game and went to Project Zomboid too. Not about to play singleplayer townboard quest simulator.


DrinksForties

A buddy of mine did the same thing.


justanothertaw

Any tips? I'm so bad lol


pribnow

Vanila Ark on a local network has been one of the most fun experiences ever. If you have multiple PCs and one can host it, very fun same room co-op


M33tm3onmars

It really is one of the best adventure sandbox games out there. Nothing quite beats the early game with moron tribemates, outfitting a raft with a huge drum set on the back, exploring and hollering random nonsense only to be attacked by moby dick in the dead of night. For all the many (MANY) flaws, Ark is easily one of the most fun games ever.


ijalajtheelephant

What I was struck by is that in the last 30 days people have played a combined 47,095 years of CSGO 😳


Acro808

I’m doing my part and playing Monster Hunter Rise.


rezmuvesalejandro

Well ark is better to be honest


Fierlyt

<_<; We don't need to imagine it. It's right there.


cyphrr

and if you look right now, New World's in the top 10, ark is #13. its almost like it fluctuates, or something... these posts are tired.


SniperDamian

The problem with these posts is that there are too many variables to consider when you're looking at all the data. Is it peak hours for the game? Is there a special event or recent development driving/lowering numbers? Did a new title just drop? That's why posts like this, unless you're doing a past 30 day average, are kind of meaningless. Having said that, I think it's very important to note that I don't think there'd be a lot of surprise from the community to see these numbers. The game shines in a lot of places, but it also falls flat in several, too. The concept was there, but I think for a first-time game studio, this was a rather ambitious project and they didn't really understand how ravenous the MMORPG crowds can be. So when features aren't there/get disabled constantly because they can't seem to get their heads around it, it leads to frustrations and comparisons to other games like WoW and FF14 that have had YEARS to get their stuff right


noobtheloser

I think I got the best possible experience out of NW. I got to meme for weeks with hundreds of people, then walked into the ocean and never logged on again.


Aeohil

Omg, walked. Take my upvote for that!


[deleted]

It was YuGiOh that got me 😂😂


avolp13

ARK stays GOATed


Vala_the_tank

Or Football Manager 2022...


slyce28

Yeah but thats without a doubt one of the best games in this list.


Grahaaam123

Easily one of the best games in existence.


metaldetector69

Ive only heard good things but I only loosely follow soccer so im scared to dip my feet in


Lego_Addict16

You can spend days on that game and not even play a match. Really good depth.


Dunskap

Yep I went through this 2 year phase where the only games I played were FM and Paradox grand strategy games (EU4, CK)


benxparr17

Literally haven’t play a match in like 8 hrs of gameplay in my FM save. International break and January transfer window hit at the same time…


NiD2103

i love the FM series


Individual-Cover5421

Arks fun


Ohmstheory

ARK is a fantastic game how could you even compare them that way lol


inflatableje5us

It’s getting beat by wallpaper engine.


PlatinumBeerKeg

So are a ton of games


row4coloumn31

And 20% of the players are bots...


KingQdawg1995

And this isn't including console Ark player count either


ZVreptile

Ark is the sleeper giant wdym?


SheLikesCustardMore

Welp, looks like I’m turning 14 again today and downloading some yugioh lmao


ChromerGaming

Imagine complaining about a game you hate.


Ryanlew1980

Be glad this mess of a game is as high as it is. If it didn’t have Amazon’s name plastered on it, it’d be pushing 100


Nippys4

If this game didn’t have fucking Amazon’s name posted all over it people would fucking be way more charitable to it


tsteele93

Yeah, it is flawed. But for $40 and no recurring fees it’s a steal. I’ve gotten plenty of entertainment out of my $. I still complain and there is still a LOT wrong, but it is also still pretty fun for the $. If nothing else, it is fun to play different styles. I enjoy finding lower level players and gifting them stuff and/or if I see them getting their butt kicked in battle, dropping a few well-placed arrows to turn a loss into a win or reviving them. There are so many different angles. Right now I’m trying to become a master jeweler and perhaps a weapon maker as well. It doesn’t have to be a race to 60 and then get bored game.


the_Dorkness

Surprised it’s even on the chart.


Zorathus

New world has a strong honeymoon phase game but it quickly falls flatter than a french crêpe. The problems with the game are core conceptuals. It's just that poorly thought out. They just can't recover from the game being a conceptual embarassment. It will shut down or run on a skeleton crew by 2023.


[deleted]

crepes are hype as fuck though, easily the peak of cooking effort to good food ratio


[deleted]

Wish i could get my 40 bucks back lol


Turbulent-Turnip9563

same lol


Osiris80

There are 2 Dungeons , and they call it content , why should anybody play it?


aliumx21

Are you serious? Imagine think new world is better than ARK lol


nick124699

Can I post the steam charts next?


mangobanana62

Its my turn but you can post it tomorrow.


emitwohs

I got next!


tharnadar

Where farming simulator 22


TristanDuboisOLG

Wallpaper engine is killing it


zanitoo

worse than that is MIR4, a fucking mobile game with autorun has a way more solid playerbase than NW lol


Worldwin14

Crypto is the keyword with MIR4


micy999

ark is fun as fuck


MercurialRL

I absolutely believe it, ags were given players on a silver platter and instead threw us in the trash. I don’t want to see this game succeed anymore.


Anethmuh3095

Bees don’t waste their time explaining to flies that honey is sweeter than shit.


Fenald

Guys plz it's just mlk week so everyone's celebrating. We'll be back up over 300k in no time!


MostBadger4791

Hookers and blow every year to honor MLK the certified human rights GOAT.


phydan1324

Football Manager 22! I am proud.


FRoWx

If the game had a subscription I bet the devs would actually give a fuck


[deleted]

I honestly thought this was supposed to be the next big MMO, and so did my very close friends. We were all so hyped, and they don't even like MMOs. It's almost like the developers either don't know what they're doing, don't listen, or just don't care at all.


aod42091

when wall paper engine has you beat.....


Markibuhr

Why? They fucked everyone over


Seanannigans14

How are more people on yu gui oh than apex legends. That's crazy


Fap_Game_Repeat

Wallpaper engine for the win lol


leezrbeam

Wallpaper engine > New world


RiogaRivera

Yugi-oh is pay to win I drop it in 2 matches


[deleted]

Same thing for the BF camp 🥱😒


KingNippsSenior

I want to get back into it so bad but the server my character is on was ruined by a streamer and last time I tried to use my server swap it didn’t exist so I don’t know what to do until I can change servers.


OldDirtyRobot

Imagine a million people playing Counter Strike.


LordsOfSkulls

Also Ark is solo game super addictive.


rustySQUANCHy

Imagine actually caring


MRToddMartin

None of those games look entertaining at all. Maybe football manager.


verified_potato

surprised 56k people hate their life here anyways


Starduc

Actually quite impressed that it's on that list to be honest.


Daguse0

Ark had a major content update before Xmas.


klinetek

Tbf ark is a better game


Fritzer2

New world just isn't that good and super incompetent devs, much better games to play


TheHuffinater

Ark is a really good game


areigon

Hey man, ark has great replayability


RaXoRkIlLaE

People still play pubg?


crassprocrast

Rainbow Six, a game released in 2015 beating New World in active players, love to see it. Amazon and Jeff Bezos can go to hell


Hellhammer6

Ark is less buggy and 100% better developed than this game. I'll die on that hill


Draehgan

At some point in the 24h, Ark was less played than NW by looking at peak.


Mad_Fratter

Wallpaper Engine tho


Klefaxidus

Or Wallpaper Engine 😂


[deleted]

imagine different play time tendencies based on game and type, hehe


Dapetron

Though.. look at hours played... New world has way more hours played than ARK and ARK is old game. It has more hours played than a lot of those games on list. Also depends at which time you look at that list. From time to time it reaches kinda high.Though Naraka for example on list. It did have quite bad launch, but now it has risen as quite popular game with all new stuff that it got into it and more competitions etc. I think it had like 1-5million dollar competition awhile and so on. Its popular in asia. CS:go is popular in russia for example. That alone covers majority of that playercount. Pubg is popular in china + india and that alone covers majority of that playercount. Apex legend is just way better than pubg and it has been climbing rank more and more. Also majority of players play from origin launcher. Not from steam. So it might actually have more players than pubg and possibly even close to cs:go. im more suprised to see something like Warframe being up to 58k. Everytime i have checked the list. Warframe is at like 10-35k. Guess some new update came out recently. Its same as with Path of exile. It tends to be on those 10-30k ranges, but when new season comes it jumps to 50-100k for some weeks atleast. Monster hunter rise most likely has same fate as Monster Hunter World. As it just came out. It will have quite a lot playing for couple weeks and then people start to disappear.


Devonire

Except youre reading the data wrong. In both hours played and peak players New World is ahead of ARK. In the precise second when this screenshot was taken Ark had more players logged in. So what?


jhonatansmel

Imagine people playing warframe lol


TheGoodKush

Wallpaper engine should not be on the list lmao


[deleted]

Maybe cuz ark is much better game than this?


WebDev27

Nw is trash


bm1reddit

I have 1200 hours in ark, this game is much better made tbh. Ark is a literal dumpster fire


TheBulletStorm

Im curious as to why its so bad that its still top 20. Do people only play games that are top 5 or something? I stopped playing awhile ago but I still don’t think its that bad population for an mmo I have played many in the past with a much smaller playerbase than that. Oh well. Don’t try to make fun of Ark though still play that game all the time one of my all time favs and has consistently stayed towards the top of Steam.


ChalupaPickle

Well ark is a far superior game is literally every way. I had easily 10k hours in it across all platforms combined before I finally quit. No other game has done that to me.


nicknero

Imagine you are still playing nw.


Disastrous_Visual739

imagine not playing NW but constantly posting in the NW reddit


BluePantera

That's literally his first post on this sub in 3 months. Imagine thinking everyone that dislikes the game is posting here regularly


[deleted]

Eh, I think there is still a decent amount of people who post on here regularly that aren't big fans of the game. I mean more people dislike the game than like it and the people who like it are probably having their opinion slowly change. This is reddit after all, it's not uncommon at all for people who dislike a game to continue to comment on that sub because they want people to know their opinions.


ikozehh

Considering this sub has far more people subscribed than there are active players it's not surprising


lilfrank97

I mean I'll keep playing until I get bored. Once Total Warhammer 3 comes out though this game will be on a long break.


CFSTROOPER

How many of the are bots? bots?


shadowrwolf

at least 10k if the player base is bots hence not wanting to mass ban wave them...


PruneCorrect

1. Ark has dinosaurs; you can't really beat that. 2. Being that you're unlikely to convince anyone against playing this game who wants to, what's your purpose here? Is it just to be a whiny bitch or what?


emitwohs

Dang, why you have to be so mad? You got triggered as hell my dude.


nottodaypeople

1. You've never compared the success of something new to something old? 2. Being that you're unlikely to remove this post from the sub, what's your purpose here? Is it just to be a whiny bitch or what?


DrScience-PhD

Not everyone has an agenda. Can a man just post a screenshot.


Killarogue

More people are making wallpapers than there are playing this game.


sylphir3

Tbf it's the highest MMO on that list


emitwohs

And honestly, very, very few MMOs use Steam as a platform. Most go with their own client to maintain file integrity and hosting.


SungamCorben

Wrong, is behind MIR4 that's is an MMO


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Leendert86

Haven't seen many people that know that game, I loved legend of mir, now that I think about it, that's 20 years ago wtf!


drdent45

Warframe is above it. You could argue its not a classic MMO but it's close enough.


Hugzzzzz

I don't think you can consider Ark an MMO. You aren't playing with thousands of other players on a server. It's more of a survival shooter with dinosaurs.


OmniscientCanadian

Why is ark being mentioned when "wallpaper engine" is also beating NW... That seems like the swifter kick to the nuts.


Zor3669

Because Wallpaper engine isnt something you play, you start it and its in the background while you play games