Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII remake projects will soon be coming to an end, with the 3rd and final entry in the series – FFVII Revelation – set to release some time early next year. Marking the first title in the trilogy to be released across all platforms simultaneously, Steam users appear to be gearing up for its impending arrival, with 2020/22’s Final Fantasy VII Remake hitting its highest peak player counts since the game’s initial launch.

Officially shown off and detailed during Summer Game Fest, Final Fantasy VII Revelation is the 3rd and final entry in Square Enix’s ambitious remake project. Unlike FFVII Remake and Rebirth, PlayStation users will not be seeing any exclusive access to this conclusive chapter, with Square confirming that Revelation will launch day-and-date across all platforms – meaning PS5, Xbox, PC and even Switch 2.

With this in mind, it seems as though PC users are getting ready for the much-anticipated title, with SteamDB reporting an influx of players flowing in to play FFVII Remake.
While not quite as populace as during its initial Steam launch back in 2022 (wherein it saw a peak CCU of slightly under 14K) the game has shot up in players, recently hitting peaks of just over 10K concurrents – its highest since launch.

Curiously, the only other times in which Remake managed to approach such similar figures was upon the PS5 release of its follow-up Rebirth, and then again after the 2nd entry finally made its way over to Steam.

Of course, 10K or even 14K concurrent players is far from record breaking, even for a single-player game. That said, these do represent respectable figures given the fact that FFVII Remade didn’t come to Steam for over 2 years following its initial PlayStation arrival.

With the aforementioned Revelation set to launch day-and-date on the platform however, it will be interesting to see just how big the title winds up being, especially given that fans are clearly getting ready for its release.

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PRAGMATA had been a long time coming, with the unique sci-fi 3rd-person tactical shooter first being announced prior to the launch of the PlayStation 5. In the years since, the game was delayed multiple times, before finally landing on an April 2026 release date. It appears as though PRAGMATA was worth the wait, with the title launching to record-breaking player counts for a new Capcom IP on Steam.

Half a decade on from its initial announcement, Capcom’s PRAGMATA finally landed on PC and consoles this past weekend, amassing high praise from both fans and critics alike.

Despite being a single player experience, the game also managed to achieve high player numbers, showing clear interest in this unique offering.

With a peak Steam concurrent player count of just under 69K (68,687 CCU to be exact), PRAGMATA is officially the most popular new IP from the publisher on the platform.

While far from the heights of Monster Hunter Wilds (1.38 million CCU) or the recently-released Resident Evil Requiem (344K CUU), PRAGMATA has managed to beat out its contemporary Capcom-developed IPs including Exoprimal (4,995 CCU) and Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (2,038 CCU).

Even so, Capcom’s bread and butter is in its established IPs and so PRAGMATA’s achievement is certainly worthy of note.

With a record-breaking peak CCU and an ‘overwhelmingly positive’ review score on Steam, it seems clear that PRAGMATA was indeed worth the wait. It will be interesting to see whether Capcom has any future plans for this possible franchise.

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Prior to the launch of Street Fighter 6, Capcom claimed that they hoped the game would wind up pushing 10 million copies. Upon its release, SF6 proved to be a big hit, selling 1 million copies in its first 3 days while going on to break the concurrent player record for any fighting game on Steam. Despite closing in on 3 years since launch, Street Fighter 6 has found a second life, with its latest update helping the title to achieve a new record player count.

Upon its initial release, Street Fighter 6 came out the gate swinging, with Capcom’s latest fighting game launching to a peak concurrent player count of 70,573. At the time, this put SF6 as the most-played fighting game in Steam history, with the previous record going to Mortal Kombat 11 (with a peak CCU of 35K).

Since then Street Fighter 6’s player counts have ebbed and flowed with each update – though none have been able to surpass its launch highs. That said, in the wake of SF6’s latest update (which introduces fan-favourite character Alex alongside a bunch of balance tweaks) the game has managed to outdo itself with a peak CCU of 72,067 players.

Compared to its contemporaries, Street Fighter 6 seems to be having quite long legs, with the likes of Tekken 8 and Mortal Kombat 1 seeing pretty low CCU numbers (their 24hr peaks are currently resting at 9,563 and 1,386 respectively.)

With Street Fighter 6 sitting at 6 million copies sold, and now seeing a new surge in players, it’s safe to assume that Capcom will manage to hit their 10 million target sooner or later.

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