Key Takeaways
- Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake already has the highest all-time peak player count record on Steam for any Dragon Quest game, with over 37,273 players.
- It surpassed Dragon Quest 11’s record of 11,793, and has also broken the all-time player record for any single-player Square Enix game.
- Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake has launched on Steam with more players than heavy hitters like Nier Automata and Final Fantasy 16.
Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake launched earlier this week, and to say that it’s a pretty popular title for Square Enix would be a pretty big understatement. Most likely helped by the stellar reviews that have come out recently, Dragon Quest 3 HD -2D Remake has managed to gather up a very impressive number of players just one day after release.
Head on over to the game’s SteamDB page, and you’ll see that the all-time peak player count is currently sitting at a pretty whopping 37,273 players, and that’s just a day after launch. We will most likely see that number rise on the weekend, as more people will have the chance to purchase and play it, but it’s already shattered the record for all-time peak player count of any Dragon Quest game on Steam.
Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake Launches To The Series’ Best All-Time Peak On Steam
Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elusive Age was the game that held this record previously, but even that could only manage an all-time peak player count of 11,793. Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake has more than tripled that number, and this isn’t even taking into account PlayStation and Nintendo Switch sales, which will more than likely be stronger than Steam.
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It’s also a much-needed win for Square Enix, which has been struggling to shift copies of its biggest titles in recent years. That becomes very apparent when you realize that not only has Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake managed to break the all-time player count for the Dragon Quest series, but it’s also managed to break the record for the highest all-time peak player count of any single-player Square Enix game.
Only Outriders (remember that game), Final Fantasy 14, and the first free episode of Life is Strange 2 have a higher all-time peak than Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake, and it’s managed to climb above heavy hitters such as Nier Replicant, Nier Automata, and Final Fantasy 15 and 16. It’s good going for a series that hasn’t really exploded in popularity in the West like other big Square Enix franchises, but maybe it’s an indicator that times are changing?
Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake is the long-promised return of the iconic third installment in the Dragon Quest series. The game that takes place first chronologically, hence it getting the remake treatment before the two games that came before it in terms of release.