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Crimson Desert Just Launched and It's Already One of Steam's Top 3 Most-Played Games
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 70570" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2026/03/19/cd-again-1773961408503.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/games/crimson-desert" target="_blank">Crimson Desert</a> looks set to hit big Steam concurrent player numbers after it broke into the top three most-played games on Valve’s platform just minutes after launch.</p><p></p><p>Pearl Abyss’ hotly anticipated open world action game had looked set for a huge launch, given it was at the top of the Steam sales chart and had secured 3 million Steam Wishlists ahead of today’s release.</p><p></p><p>Rhys Elliott, head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics, <a href="https://alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/crimson-desert-is-on-track-for-a" target="_blank"><u>said</u></a> earlier this week that Crimson Desert was “on track for a killer launch on Steam.” According to Alinea Analytics estimates, Crimson Desert was approaching 400,000 pre-launch copies sold on Steam, representing gross revenues of over $20 million. “This game could really blow up, if it sticks the landing,” Elliott added.</p><p></p><p></p><p>On Steam, only eternally popular Valve games Counter-Strike 2 and Dota 2 have more players. At the time of this article’s publication, Crimson Desert was on its way to 250,000 concurrent players on Steam. Crimson Desert is also out on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, so the total number of players will be even higher than Steam suggests, but neither Sony nor Microsoft make player numbers public.</p><p></p><p>The launch comes after <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/apparently-not-good-enough-for-investors-crimson-desert-publisher-stock-price-plunges-nearly-30-amid-78-metacritic-score" target="_blank">Pearl Abyss, publisher and developer of <u>Crimson Desert</u>, saw its stock price plunge nearly 30% in what was seen as a reaction to review scores</a>.</p><p></p><p>We’ve got plenty more on Crimson Desert, including <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/crimson-desert-day-one-update-goes-live-in-full-on-pc-in-part-on-console-check-out-the-patch-notes" target="_blank">patch notes for its day one update</a>, IGN's <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/crimson-desert-review" target="_blank">Crimson Desert Review So Far</a>, and <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/crimson-deserts-will-powers-says-pearl-abyss-is-trying-to-avoid-overhyping-the-game-so-players-dont-think-its-the-second-coming" target="_blank"><u>our launch interview with Will Powers</u></a>. We've also got a <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/crimson-desert-pc-performance-analysis" target="_blank">Crimson Desert PC performance review</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at <a href="mailto:wesley_yinpoole@ign.com">wesley_yinpoole@ign.com</a> or confidentially at <a href="mailto:wyp100@proton.me">wyp100@proton.me</a>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/crimson-desert-just-launched-and-its-already-one-of-steams-top-3-most-played-games" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 70570, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2026/03/19/cd-again-1773961408503.jpg[/IMG] [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/crimson-desert']Crimson Desert[/URL] looks set to hit big Steam concurrent player numbers after it broke into the top three most-played games on Valve’s platform just minutes after launch. Pearl Abyss’ hotly anticipated open world action game had looked set for a huge launch, given it was at the top of the Steam sales chart and had secured 3 million Steam Wishlists ahead of today’s release. Rhys Elliott, head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics, [URL='https://alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/crimson-desert-is-on-track-for-a'][U]said[/U][/URL] earlier this week that Crimson Desert was “on track for a killer launch on Steam.” According to Alinea Analytics estimates, Crimson Desert was approaching 400,000 pre-launch copies sold on Steam, representing gross revenues of over $20 million. “This game could really blow up, if it sticks the landing,” Elliott added. On Steam, only eternally popular Valve games Counter-Strike 2 and Dota 2 have more players. At the time of this article’s publication, Crimson Desert was on its way to 250,000 concurrent players on Steam. Crimson Desert is also out on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, so the total number of players will be even higher than Steam suggests, but neither Sony nor Microsoft make player numbers public. The launch comes after [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/apparently-not-good-enough-for-investors-crimson-desert-publisher-stock-price-plunges-nearly-30-amid-78-metacritic-score']Pearl Abyss, publisher and developer of [U]Crimson Desert[/U], saw its stock price plunge nearly 30% in what was seen as a reaction to review scores[/URL]. We’ve got plenty more on Crimson Desert, including [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/crimson-desert-day-one-update-goes-live-in-full-on-pc-in-part-on-console-check-out-the-patch-notes']patch notes for its day one update[/URL], IGN's [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/crimson-desert-review']Crimson Desert Review So Far[/URL], and [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/crimson-deserts-will-powers-says-pearl-abyss-is-trying-to-avoid-overhyping-the-game-so-players-dont-think-its-the-second-coming'][U]our launch interview with Will Powers[/U][/URL]. We've also got a [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/crimson-desert-pc-performance-analysis']Crimson Desert PC performance review[/URL]. [I]Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email]wesley_yinpoole@ign.com[/email] or confidentially at [email]wyp100@proton.me[/email].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/crimson-desert-just-launched-and-its-already-one-of-steams-top-3-most-played-games"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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