‘Babylon’s Fall’ peaks at just 1,179 concurrent PC players on release day
nme.comBabylon’s Fall, a cooperative action RPG from Square Enix, has peaked at just over a thousand concurrent PC players in the game’s first 24 hours.The multiplayer hack and slash game went live on Steam at 17:00 GMT yesterday (March 3) and in the following 22 hours, only 1,179 people played the title at the same time, according to SteamDB.For comparison, Square Enix employees around 5,500 people.
Marvel’s Avengers (another live game published by the studio) saw around 28,000 concurrent players at launch and was subsequently branded a failure.Babylon’s Fall was first announced at E3 2018 with a planned release date of 2019.
After delays, the studio confirmed in 2020 that the title was still in development.Despite a series of trailers and a beta test though, it looks like Babylon’s Fall has failed to generate much buzz.
According to the 74 Steam reviews, the title is getting a “mixed” reception.Last year, Final Fantasy director Naoki Yoshida confirmed that Babylon’s Fall reuses assets originally designed for Final Fantasy 14.“I said, ‘Let’s use FF14’s assets too.
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