Summary

  • Starfield's average playtime-per-user is an impressive 40 hours, showcasing the game's popularity and engagement.
  • Bethesda plans to release updates for Starfield every six weeks throughout 2024, adding new features and expanding the game's content.
  • The game's infographic reveals that 13 million users spent a total of 22.2 million days in Starfield, highlighting its massive player base and immersive gameplay.

As part of Starfield's end-of-the-year infographic, it was revealed that the average player has spent 40 hours exploring the game's vast universe. The infographic also revealed other interesting statistics that highlight the Starfield fan base and its experience within the game.

Starfield recently released its roadmap for 2024, revealing that the game will receive updates every six weeks or so. These updates will add major features such as new ways to travel, new difficulty options, city maps, a new story expansion, and more. Previously, Bethesda made it clear that it has a long-term plan for Starfield, hoping to recreate Skyrim's enduring popularity. Although Bethesda is looking forward, it's also looking backward, as it shared an infographic that displays interesting information about Starfield's 13 million users and their exploits in 2023.

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Starfield Player Shows Off Impressive Outpost Build

After 330 hours of playtime, a Starfield player builds an impressive outpost that's fully functional, easy to navigate, and lavishly decorated.

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The infographic is chock-full of impressive statistics, and one of the most remarkable tidbits is Starfield's average playtime-per-user of 40 hours. This is made even more impressive by Starfield's release on Xbox Game Pass. This service's massive subscriber base was able to play Starfield at no extra cost, with many of its users likely feeling little pressure to give the game extra time to hook them in. The infographic also details that 13 million users played Starfield, spending a total of 22.2 million days in the game. 26 million hours of that time was spent in Starfield's highly detailed ship-building mode.

starfield's 2023 end of the year infographic

Additionally, the infographic revealed that 1.9 billion planets were visited, with one Starfield player contributing at least 1,912 planets to that number. The game's most dangerous lifeform was the Ashta, leading to over 1.7 million player deaths, and the most dangerous faction was the Ecliptic, leading to over 12.2 million player deaths. These statistics highlight the sheer scale of Starfield and its popularity, despite some fans' complaints about the game.

Also, this press release further detailed Bethesda's recent announcement of new difficulty options. Coming sometime in 2024, these options will allow players to adjust ship damage, carry capacity, cargo access distance, affliction damage, and more. This update will also include new survival mechanics. Many Bethesda fans are hoping that these additions will resemble Fallout 4's popular survival mode.

Bethesda also revealed some details about Starfield's first story expansion, Shattered Space. Although the studio is still remaining tight-lipped about the expansion's story content, Shattered Space will include new locations, new gear, and "much more." Its exact release date remains a mystery, but Bethesda confirmed that it's coming in 2024.

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Starfield
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Action
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Systems
PC-1 Xbox-1
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Top Critic Avg: 85 /100 Critics Rec: 83%
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Released
September 6, 2023
ESRB
M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood, Suggestive Themes, Use of Drugs, Strong Language, Violence
Developer(s)
Bethesda
Publisher(s)
Bethesda
Engine
proprietary engine
Cross-Platform Play
no multiplayer
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no
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Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4. In this next generation role-playing game set amongst the stars, create any character you want and explore with unparalleled freedom as you embark on an epic journey to answer humanity’s greatest mystery.
The year is 2330. Humanity has ventured beyond our solar system, settling new planets, and living as a spacefaring people. From humble beginnings as a space miner, you will join Constellation – the last group of space explorers seeking rare artifacts throughout the galaxy – and navigate the vast expanse of the Settled Systems in Bethesda Game Studios’ biggest and most ambitious game.

Genre(s)
Action, RPG