Harmony Struggling To Get Traction On Steam At Launch

Whereas it was presumed that Harmony, Sony’s latest live-service title, would not hit the identical highs as Helldivers 2 did earlier this 12 months, nobody might have anticipated this consequence. Harmony, which formally launched in the present day as a simultaneous launch on each PS5 and PC by way of Steam, has but to hit 1,000 concurrent gamers on Steam.

That bit of information comes by way of SteamDB, an internet site devoted to monitoring all issues associated to Steam, together with participant counts and all-time peaks, amongst different figures. Per SteamDB, as of the time of writing, solely 617 gamers are presently taking part in Harmony. The all-time peak is not significantly better, both.

Up to now, Harmony has peaked at 697 gamers. These numbers aren’t sufficient to even make a dent within the web site’s interactive chart.

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For reference, Helldivers 2 reached a peak of 458,709 gamers, no small quantity. Even a sport as maligned as Redfall was capable of handle a peak of 6,124 gamers.

In fact, that determine might definitely rise as increasingly individuals start their weekends, or when the sport finally goes on sale. Nonetheless, it is not the best begin for what is meant to be a live-service sport constructed on an energetic and engaged playerbase.

The Opinions For Harmony Are Fairly Combined

Harmony presently sits at a 69 on Metacritic, although that is solely primarily based on 5 critiques. Over on Steam, issues are surprisingly a bit extra optimistic regardless of the low participant counts. The sport is classed as “Very Optimistic” primarily based off 150 critiques. A lot of these critiques have playtimes that reach past a few hours, too.

“Stable Hero area shooter. So many say oh its only a copy of blah blah sport. The artwork type to gameplay is tremendous enjoyable and strong. Personally 40 greenback tag is value for the time in poor health put into it however to every is there personal,” one consumer evaluate learn in full, with practically eight hours of recorded playtime.

It will be intriguing to see how Harmony performs over the subsequent few days and weeks. It is no enjoyable when any sport fails to realize fast success. In spite of everything, the sport is the trouble of a number of people with a ardour for the business and all issues gaming. Maybe issues can turn into optimistic down the road.