Lost Ark Has Become The Second Most Played Game on Steam

On Friday, February 11, MMORPG Lost Ark launched outside of South Korea, and within the past week, the game reached over 1.325 million concurrent players, making it the second-highest played game of all time on Steam behind Counter Stike: Global Offensive.

According to Amazon Games, the overall Highlights from Lost Ark’s launch include:

• A peak of 1.325 million players in-game concurrently worldwide in less than 24 hours after launch, making it the highest-played game in 24 hours, second highest-played game on Steam of all time by concurrent players, and highest-played MMORPG on Steam ever

• Twitch numbers include 1.2 million concurrent viewers, 59.9 million hours watched, more than 112,000 total streams

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• In just the first three days of launch (as of February 14), Lost Ark has over 4.7 million new registered players in the West, with 55% coming from the Americas and 45% from Europe.

“We’re humbled and pleased by the enthusiastic player response to Lost Ark,” said Christoph Hartmann, VP at Amazon Games. “Having two titles among the top five highest-played Steam games of all time is a huge honor, and we’re grateful to the Lost Ark and New World communities for making that a reality.  We’re working closely with Smilegate RPG to add more content, regular updates, and maintain a thriving global player community in Lost Ark for years to come. This is just the beginning, and we’re eager to see where the player community takes this.”

“Our goal is to become the most customer-obsessed company in games, for both players and developers,” said Mike Frazzini, VP of Games at Amazon. “Lost Ark is our first externally-developed game, and we’re very encouraged by the early player reception, and to be able to draw from the best of Amazon – from Prime Gaming and Twitch to Amazon retail and more – to help the game reach and delight a massive audience of players around the world.”

Lost Ark is available to play for free on Steam.

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