Activision and Treyarch’s latest first-person shooter, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, has barely managed to find its way into the Steam Most Played top 10 list at launch.
According to the Steam Most Played top 10 list (via NextGenPlayer on Twitter/X), Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 barely managed to enter the Steam Most Played top 10 list at launch, ranking well below recently released premium titles like Arc Raiders and Battlefield 6. The game’s availability on Xbox Game Pass may have played some role in its lower than expected performance, but it’s worth noting that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launched with much higher numbers last year on Valve’s digital platform despite also being available day one on Microsoft’s game subscription service, which itself was significantly cheaper last year than it is today.
As seen in the above screenshot, as of writing, Valve’s free-to-play shooter Counter-Strike 2 remains in the lead with 846,545 active players. It is followed by Dota 2 at the second place with an active player count of 527,580, followed by Arc Raiders in the third place with an active player count of 398,999, followed by Battlefield 6 in the fourth place with an active player count of 235,261, followed by Where Winds Meet in the fifth place with an active player count of 139.688, followed by Marvel Rivals in the sixth place with an active player count of 138,531, followed by Rust in the seventh place with an active player count of 111.304, followed by Banana in the eighth place with an active player count of 106,186, followed by PUBG: Battlegrounds in the ninth place with an active player count of 105,090, followed by the Call of Duty app in the tenth place with an active player count of 83.795.
Following the launch of Black Ops 7, the current peak Concurrent Player Count for the Call of Duty app on Steam is 86,652. It is expected to go higher during the weekend period. In comparison, the Call of Duty app managed to reach a much higher peak of around 306,460 concurrent players after the launch of Black Ops 6.
