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Written by. Nick Mosier based on the\u00a0original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article’s publication date: 2021-12-14 20:15 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


It looks like Granblue Fantasy: Versus<\/strong><\/em> is seeing its player population improving a bit. According to SteamDB<\/a>, the game reached a concurrent player count of 1,238 players on December 14. The Steam version of Granblue Fantasy: Versus<\/em> hasn\u2019t seen its player count above 1,000 since Yuel was added to the game in December of 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in October and November of this year, the player count didn\u2019t even reach above 200. While it\u2019s not quite the 5,287 concurrent players the game saw at launch, Granblue Fantasy: Versus<\/em> has pulled in over 1,000 concurrent players for the first time in a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a lot of reasons as to why the player population might have increased. On December 13, Ver 2.70 went live adding two new characters to the game (Vira and Avatar Belial), the game received some balance adjustments, and the price of the Standard Edition dropped $40.00. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game\u2019s Legendary Edition is also currently sitting at the number 2 spot of Steam\u2019s Top Sellers list in Japan, so new players also appear to be on the rise.
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Steam\u2019s Top Sellers list in Japan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Screenshot from SteamDB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


Granblue Fantasy: Versus<\/em> is a 2D fighting game based on Cygames\u2019 Granblue Fantasy<\/em>. The game currently has 24 playable characters and features a system where players can use skills with one button press making it a good introduction for fighting game beginners. The game also contains an action RPG mode with its own story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to two new characters, Ver 2.70 also brings balance changes to the already existing roster. Up to this point, players have expressed discontent with balance changes mostly making characters weaker. With this update, every character gets a buff which may be good news for players.
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