Starfield Player Count is Up

It seems Starfield‘s recent May update is having a tremendous effect on the game’s player count. Despite bringing new elements to the Bethesda RPG table, like its intricate shipbuilding system and hundreds of explorable planets, Starfield isn’t considered nearly as initially successful as past Bethesda behemoths like The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim or Fallout 4. In the months following its launch, Starfield has seen its player base drop dramatically despite the game maintaining a solid community of PC modders and shipbuilders.

Starfield‘s recent 1.11.36 May update is arguably the best thing that’s happened to the game since its September launch. The massive patch finally brought a much needed 60 FPS mode to the game, a major missing feature that caused a lot of turmoil within the Xbox and Bethesda RPG community leading up to launch. With Starfield being Xbox’s biggest game in years and Bethesda Game Studios’ first new IP in 25 years, many console fans were let down by Starfield‘s 30 FPS. Other major features like maps for the game’s many cities and planets, updated survival mechanics, and an interior decoration mode for shipbuilders drew high praise to Starfield for the first time since its release.

It seems all these improvements are helping boost Starfield’s numbers back up. TrueAchivements reports that Starfield has climbed back up its weekly top 40 gameplay chart, cracking the top 20 and marking a 72% boost in playercount on Xbox alone. In the past week, Bethesda’s space faring RPG has leapfrogged massive titles like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Red Dead Redemption 2, MLB The Show 24, and Madden NFL 24. This jump can undoubtedly be attributed to Starfield‘s May update being so well received among the Xbox and Bethesda communities, especially its 60 FPS upgrade, which many gamers have been holding out for.

Starfield Climbs To Number 20 On TrueAchievements’ Top 40 Chart

1. Fortnite
2. Call of Duty
3. Minecraft
4. Fallout 4
5. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
6. EA Sports FC 24
7. Roblox
8. Grand Theft Auto 5
9. Destiny 2
10. Rocket League
11. Diablo 4
12. Fallout 76
13. Apex Legends
14. Overwatch 2
15. Forza Horizon 5
16. Little Kitty, Big City
17. NBA 2K24
18. Halo Infinite
19. Sea of Thieves
20. Starfield
21. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
22. Madden NFL 24
23. MLB The Show 24
24. Halo: The Master Chief Collection
25. Red Dead Redemption 2
26. Elden Ring
27. PUBG: Battlegrounds
28. Dead by Daylight
29. Forza Motorsport
30. Immortals of Aveum
31. FIFA 23
32. Battlefield 2042
33. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
34. Another Crab’s Treasure
35. NHL 24
36. Fall Guys
37. Fallout: New Vegas
38. Microsoft Solitaire Collection
39. For Honor
40. ARK: Survival Evolved

Since the TrueAchievements top 40 list only accounts for Xbox users, Starfield‘s big boost may be even bigger with its PC playerbase factored in. Still, Starfield‘s ceiling could be even higher, with game director Todd Howard confirming land vehicles are in the works; a viable solution to players’ valid complaints about having to traverse massive swaths of planet terrain on foot. Additionally, Starfield fans are awaiting the game’s mysterious Shatterred Space DLC, which is set to come this Fall. Seeing how much an update has impacted Starfield‘s player count, it’s possible Shattered Space may have an even more dramatic effect on the game’s numbers.

With Xbox’s June 9 showcase on the horizon, Starfield fans should surely expect to learn more about Shattered Space and its release date there. Perhaps the contents of Starfield‘s next big update will be detailed as well. It’ll be interesting to see whether Starfield will keep climbing the charts in the following weeks, and whether more info potentially being revealed about Shattered Space would help boost it even higher over the summer.

Starfield

Developed by Bethesda Game Studios, Starfield is a sci-fi action role-playing game where players interact with multiple factions, engage in combat, customize their main character and ship, as well as explore a universe that features over 100 systems and 1,000 planets.

Released

September 6, 2023