Fans have been waiting for Dragon Age: The Veilguard for almost 10 years and it’s finally here. On the day of release, BioWare’s fantasy RPG became Electronic Arts’ most popular single-player game on Steam.
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At launch, Dragon Age: The Veilguard attracted 70.4 thousand concurrent players on Steam – BioWare’s previous best result was 59.8 thousand achieved in 2021 by the Mass Effect Legendary Edition collection.
Thanks to the achieved indicator, Dragon Age: The Veilguard also surpassed the Jedi action game Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, which recorded 68.7 thousand people at its release last April.
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Ahead of the release, Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson mentioned that Dragon Age: The Veilguard has “breakthrough potential” and, it seems, he was right.
As noted by IGN, the success of Dragon Age: The Veilguard makes it EA’s most popular premium single-player game on Steam. The company’s multiplayer and shareware projects at one time reached great heights.
As for reviews, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is “generally positive” (79% positive). Users complain about technical problems and criticize design and script solutions.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard was released on October 31 on PC (Steam, Epic Games Store, EA App), PS5, Xbox Series X and S. Unlike the vast majority of previous EA releases, the new game on Steam does not require the EA App launcher to work. .