Overwatch 2 player count in Season 10 & how many people play?

Overwatch 2 has mostly been on the decline after hitting a player count peak back in January, but that might be turning around. Season 10 is just kicking off, bringing a new event and a new Hero to discover.

If you're curious about how strong the player base is, here are the details we know about how the game is faring right now.

These counts are estimated because Blizzard doesn’t release its player number figures directly, but according to Active Player, Overwatch 2 has had an active player count of 23,119,988 users in the last 30 days.

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This is a pretty steep drop of just over half a million players since April, but this is not surprising with the Season now in full swing, there's bound to be some drop off from the excitement of the start. While ActivePlayer considers all platforms, it's essentially still an estimate, as not all platforms are open about their player bases.

For something more concrete though, we can look at SteamCharts, which uses the official Steam numbers. Coming into May 2024, Overwatch 2 on Steam has seen an average of 29,713 players daily, with a peak of 60, 819. 

This is also only the Steam figures, and considering it was out for a year before launching there, many players will still use Battle.net.

With Season 10 in full swing, we can see the typical fluctuation of players that typically comes around this time following a new season start. With the boost of players the game saw in January, the average daily player count jumped from around 3.5 million to over 6 million and has generally remained steady therel

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This number has only increased, with the average daily player count sitting around 6.3 million. It seems that while the monthly player number may decline, there's no shortage of players jumping in day after day. If you were worried about matchmaking times suffering, you should be okay.

Despite a previous spike in numbers in Overwatch 2 thanks to the introduction of Mauga back in January, the veneer seems to have gradually dissipated, with the player count seeing some steep declines.

This may be a result of some of the integral gameplay changes that have been made at the start of this season, including a passive-healing mechanic for all classes that players have argued may be making healers redundant.

Additionally, Blizzard's reputation has taken a pretty big hit thanks to the lingering spectre of Bobby Kotick's reputation despite his departure and a significant number of layoffs from Microsoft since its purchase of Activision Blizzard.

Despite the uptick of players initially with the introduction of Venture at the start of Season 10, I imagine these numbers will remain in a similar position until the start of the next Season.

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Overwatch 1 previously hit 7 million players in its first week and became Blizzard's fastest-selling console game of all time. Meanwhile, Overwatch 2 is reported to have had over 37 million players during its first month, according to an Activision Q3 earnings report.

Activision is usually tight-lipped about the exact player count, but this information is safe to assume according to the report and the tweet from the official Overwatch account listed above.

That's everything you need to know about the current player counts for Overwatch 2 going into Season 9. For more, head to our Overwatch 2 homepage for guides like all Overwatch 2 Trophies and Achievements, our Overwatch 2 Hero tier list, or the Hero counters list.