Doom: The Dark Ages has formally launched worldwide. Effectively, it technically launched earlier final week for many who opted for its $100 Premium Version, however most gamers needed to wait till Thursday, Could 15 to leap in.
That’s the launch date on Recreation Go, Xbox, and PlayStation. It’s additionally the day the sport launched on Steam, the place it doesn’t seem to have made as massive of an affect as its predecessors.
Doom: The Darkish Ages has been fairly well-received by critics. Our very personal Dom Peppiatt praised how tight its gameplay remains, but admitted it doesn’t break any new ground in his assessment.
The sport’s personal Steam participant critiques at the moment sit at an overall Very Positive rating, too. That is, by most accounts, a reasonably good recreation. For those who have a tendency to concentrate to those issues, nonetheless, you’ll discover that the variety of critiques is below 10,000, which usually correlates to the variety of gamers.
That is very true at launch, as The Darkish Ages seems to have had a far muted one in comparison with Doom Eternal, and the Doom 2016 reboot to a lesser diploma. The Steam gamers numbers began off fairly low, however we assumed they’d get a lift over the weekend. Sadly, that didn’t occur.
On the time of writing, The Darkish Ages achieved a peak concurrent of just 31,470 gamers (through SteamDB), which is properly beneath Doom Eternal’s 104,891 gamers, and even Doom 2016’s 44,271. Actually, it’s clear Everlasting had extra gamers than 2016 and The Darkish Ages mixed at launch, which is especially fascinating contemplating it stays probably the most divisive.
Clearly, Steam’s participant counts don’t keep in mind participant exercise elsewhere on PC – similar to Recreation Go, and the Microsoft Retailer. Additionally they inform us nothing about how properly (or not properly) the launch has been on PlayStation or Xbox. It might be that participant numbers are similar to previous entries, they’re simply scattered throughout platforms in a different way this time, and in methods we will’t report on.
That stated, primarily based on Steam’s figures alone, at the very least, this doesn’t paint a very flattering image of the sport’s gross sales. In case you are having fun with the sport nonetheless, chances are you’ll wish to test in case you’ve missed any secrets and techniques throughout the sport’s varied chapters.
Our walkthroughs for Village of Khalim, Hebeth, Sentinel Barracks, Holy City of Aratum, and Siege will enable you just do that. You’ll additionally discover a lot extra useful data in our mega Doom: The Dark Ages guide.
