The Veilguard records the best debut in BioWare history on Steam

It’s also EA’s best single-player launch ever.

Great news for Electronic Arts, at least at first glance. The company has just published Dragon Age: Guardian of the Veilthe fourth installment of the BioWare saga, which has not offered a new installment for a decade after the development of the prologue of this new proposal aimed at a wider audience with an updated graphical style and a focus on role-playing games.

After a long, unexpected hiatus, the Dragon Age franchise makes a strong return with the launch of The Veilguard, as the new fantasy RPG is already positioning itself as best selling game on Steam on launch dayOctober 31, surpassing Call of Duty: Black Ops 6which was named the most successful launch in the history of the franchise by Microsoft.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard, also available on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, is starting to attract a large community of players. According to SteamDB, the game has reached peak of 70,414 concurrent players on Steam on launch daywhich surpasses other popular games such as Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (over 62,000 players), Tales of Arise (over 60,000) and Diablo 4 (over 55,000).

It’s also worth noting that the new Dragon Age records with this data best premiere in BioWare historywhose greatest success was Mass Effect: Legendary Edition with a peak of over 59,000 concurrent players. In fact, this initial success also led him to become EA’s best single-player debutwhich reached a new milestone last year with the release of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, peaking at 67,000 concurrent players.