Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Is Already Breaking Franchise Records

With the official launch of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 yesterday, the game is ripping and shredding a previous record for the entire Warhammer video game series apart. That's because the co-op shooter saw over 225,000 concurrent players on Steam.

PCGamesN pointed out that this total sets a new concurrent-player record for the entire Warhammer series, including the fantasy games. Space Marine 2 secured the top spot with 225,690 concurrent players, per SteamDB, overtaking Total War: Warhammer 3's peak of 166,754, per SteamDB. It's also important to note that Space Marine 2 hasn't had a full weekend under its belt yet with the general public, so it's possible the game sees even more concurrent players from September 13-15.

People who paid for the Gold or Ultra editions of Space Marine 2 got to start the third-person shooter last week. This led to Focus Entertainment asking early-access players to be cool and not spoil the story for the game.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Is Already Breaking Franchise Records

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Is Already Breaking Franchise Records

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Is Already Breaking Franchise Records

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Is Already Breaking Franchise Records

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Is Already Breaking Franchise Records