Sci-fi biggest Steam launch ever, and that's not counting the players who picked it up on the Epic Games Store.
"Launching a new game IP is never easy and we remain very grateful for the community's and ," said Jon Brooke, co-head of studio at Square Enix External Studios. "We continue to listen carefully and want to assure everyone that we are committed to improving and enhancing the experience in the coming weeks and months."
Brooke hinted at new content in the works for the sci-fi game. "We also look forward to expanding on Outriders in the future," he said, without going into any specifics. For the past weeks, People Can Fly has been busy working on several crucial bug fixes, as well as on the restoration process for lost legendary gear, which finally got underway at the beginning of May. Another patch is tentatively planned for May 20, which will address a damage mitigation issue as well as some remaining crashes.
The studio has, however, also been collecting some fun stats on what players have been doing in Outriders, which it shared on Twitter. Folks have played a total of 120 million hours of Outriders, for example, and done 1.6 quadrillion points of total damage.
https://twitter.com/Outriders/status/1395047095007170562
The Devastator, which has attracted just 21.9% of players.
We've got a guide to Outriders' endgame expeditions if you've wrapped up the campaign and are wondering what to do next – at least, while you wait for whatever's in store for Outriders in the future.