Congratulations! Season 16 of Apex Legends got off to a good start, with players welcoming a number of long-requested changes, improvements, and new features such as TDM and a Firing Range update.
Among the novelties, a collection event was also launched to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the game, originally released in February 2019. Even so, players seem to have resented that a new Legend was not added this season, but the first issues of Steam players are a good sign.
A large number of new players arrive at Apex Legends
According to player count data for Apex Legends, which is currently only available on Steam, on February 15, the day after the new season launched, Apex reached a peak player count of 609,000 at 2pm GMT.
The previous peak player count was 510,000, reached in August 2022, at the start of Season 14, which had dipped slightly afterward to now pick up again. This count may increase further as the day and week progresses, plus there may also be another spike over the next weekend when more players have time available to play.
This is clearly a strong positive sign for the game, especially after some hard hits the series has taken, such as the upcoming removal of the mobile version of the game, which will be shut down entirely, and plans for an Apex experience for a single player, which were also dropped mid-development.
spawn and AE They expect this to be a continuing upward trend, and not just a short-lived spike, not to mention that another even older game, CS:GO, also hit its new player peak this month, despite its Launch was over 10 years ago.
