Bethesda announced this milestone just one day after the full launch. It's the largest release in the company's history.
❗️ The number of players does not equal the number of copies sold. The game was available for free to Game Pass users from day one.
PlayTracker reports that more than 2 million copies of the premium editions of Starfield were purchased.
Phil Spencer stated that over a million users were playing Starfield simultaneously at release. On Steam, the game reached a peak online player count of 269.1 thousand on the day of release.
Starfield's peak online player count on Steam occurred on Sunday, September 10th, with 330.7 thousand people playing simultaneously. Only Fallout 4 had more - 472.9 thousand people.