How many people play Starfield? Player count in 2024

James Busby
Starfield characters

Are you curious about Starfield’s player base? Our guide provides the latest player count, gauging how Bethesda’s RPG compares to other major gaming titles.

Starfield has significantly impacted Steam and Xbox. It quickly rose to fame and has proved itself to be a heavy-hitting exclusive for the big green machine in an era of gaming in which PlayStation has found huge success with its own exclusive titles, such as The Last of Us, Marvel’s Spider-Man, and more.

The sci-fi RPG was one of the most highly anticipated releases of 2023, and it has met expectations. Players have been keen to praise its amazing multi-biome planets and unique New Game Plus

With the game’s first major DLC, Shattered Space, finally arriving on September 30, 2024, fans of the RPG are eager to jump back into the title and dive into the new content on offer.

With Starfield only available on Xbox and PC, sorry, PlayStation fans, many players will wonder how many people are playing it. Our handy Starfield player count tracker will enable you to see just that. 

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Starfield player count tracker

According to SteamDB, the Starfield player count was 21,910 on the game’s PC version on September 30, 2024.

Just hours before Shattered Space’s launch, Starfield’s player count was as low as 5,000 players. Therefore, the release of this new DLC has already resulted in a major uptick in player count from previous months.

As such, expect to see more players jumping back into the game throughout the next month.

Starfield all time player count peak

Currently, the all time peak for Starfield is a whopping 330,723 players, which was recorded in September 2023.

To give a better idea of how popular Starfield is across all platforms, Bethesda’s official numbers confirmed over 6 million total players at launch, breaking Bethesda’s previous all time launch record and beating out Skyrim, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76.

Starfield is Bethesda’s most recent release. Although the company already has its sights set on upcoming games such as Elder Scrolls 6, the team is still committed to updating, improving, and adding more content to the game.

For those who have jumped back into Starfield for the new Shattered Space expansion, be sure to know everything you need to do to jump into the DLC and furthermore, brush up on all the new content added to the game.

For those who have yet to play Starfield and are eager to try it, it is currently available for free via Game Pass.