Summary
- Elden Ring Nightreign hit 300,000+ concurrent players on Steam within 2 hours of launching on May 30.
- It's currently the fourth most-played game on Steam.
- Early signs point to Elden Ring Nightreign already surpassing 2 million sales on Steam alone.
Elden Ring Nightreign has surpassed 300,000 concurrent players on Steam mere hours after releasing on Valve's storefront. Although the figure falls short of the original Elden Ring’s launch numbers, it was enough for the spin-off to debut in the top 10 most popular games on Steam.
Elden Ring Nightreign is a co-op action RPG that builds on the foundation laid out by FromSoftware's widely celebrated 2022 soulsborne game, infusing it with roguelike mechanics. It was originally announced at The Game Awards in December 2024 before locking down a May 30 release date two months later. In the days leading up to its debut, the co-op title became the most wishlisted game on Steam.
Elden Ring Nightreign Has Roots in Dark Souls 3
The Elden Ring Nightreign director reveals that the idea for the game dates back to the time when FromSoftware was developing Dark Souls 3.
Elden Ring Nightreign's launch now appears to have been a major success, at least as far as PC is concerned. According to publicly available data scraped by SteamDB, the game quickly surpassed 300,000 concurrent players on Valve's platform, peaking at 313,593 approximately an hour and 40 minutes after release. While it has yet to appear on the “Top Sellers” and “Best Sellers” lists of the Xbox and PlayStation Stores, respectively, those rankings are updated periodically, making it too early to assess its console momentum.
Top 10 Most Popular Steam Games on May 30
|
Game |
24h Player Peak |
|
|---|---|---|
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1. |
Counter-Strike 2 |
1,636,709 |
|
2. |
PUBG: Battlegrounds |
707,069 |
|
3. |
Dota 2 |
616,434 |
|
4. |
Elden Ring Nightreign |
313,593 |
|
5. |
Apex Legends |
234,738 |
|
6. |
Bongo Cat |
191,921 |
|
7. |
Rematch (Beta Test) |
159,865 |
|
8. |
Helldivers 2 |
148,790 |
|
9. |
Delta Force |
146,501 |
|
10. |
Rust |
141,293 |
The PC launch of FromSoftware's latest title was strong enough for the ARPG to debut in the top 10 most-played games on Steam, at number four, trailing only behind Counter-Strike 2, PUBG: Battlegrounds, and Dota 2. While its multiplayer focus might imply otherwise in this day and age, Elden Ring Nightreign is not a live-service game. As such, it is currently the most popular non-live-service title on Valve’s storefront.
Its early momentum still falls short of Elden Ring, which peaked at 953,426 concurrent Steam players shortly following its February 2022 debut. However, FromSoftware and publisher Bandai Namco have consistently positioned Nightreign as a smaller side project, with no indication it was expected to match the performance of Elden Ring—one of the best-selling games of all time, recently surpassing 30 million units sold.
Elden Ring Nightreign May Have Already Sold Over 2 Million Copies
Some nine hours following its launch, Nightreign already has over 6,300 Steam reviews, which are 64.52% positive and thus categorized as "Mixed" on the platform. Based on a 2025 study by GameDiscoverCo, heavily pre-ordered Steam games typically exhibit a peak concurrent user-to-sales ratio of 8–12. Based on that model, the PC version of Elden Ring Nightreign may have already surpassed 2.4 million units sold as of May 30. Publisher Bandai Namco has historically been transparent in reporting sales data for its top-performing titles, making an official update likely in the near future if Nightreign has indeed already sold millions of copies.
Elden Ring Nightreign
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 80 /100 Critics Rec: 78%
- Released
- May 30, 2025
- Developer(s)
- From Software
- Publisher(s)
- Bandai Namco Entertainment, From Software
WHERE TO PLAY
- Genre(s)
- Action RPG, Soulslike, Roguelite
