Elden Ring’s active playerbase doubles as Shadow of the Erdtree draws nearer

Concurrent players of FromSoftware’s Elden Ring have shot up this month according to Steam DB, as both old and new players make sure they are ready to take on the much-anticipated Shadow of the Erdtree DLC that launches this week. 

The number of active Elden Ring players on Steam has grown by 110% compared to May, recently peaking at 174, 463 players on June 17. In other words, the fiendish game, which is based on a setting that Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin contributed to, has seen an impressive increase of 91,714 active players in less than one month.  

These figures are for Steam only, mind. According to Active Player, which provides rough estimations of player numbers across all platforms, Elden Ring currently has an average of 905,014 players a day- up 1.10% from last month. In our detailed hands-on preview of Shadow of the Erdtree, we found that it was painfully easy for even a Level 150 character to get decimated- so we wish all players luck in their preparations for the DLC. 

The Shadow of the Erdtree DLC is scheduled to release worldwide on June 21 for the PC, PS5/PS4 and Xbox Series X|S/Xbox One