The ‘player count’ debate is, perhaps, my least favorite thing to come out of 2026. Marathon. Highguard. 1348 Ex Voto. A game’s success is now, apparently, purely measured by its launch player count: if that number doesn’t match some arbitrary value made up on the spot, your videogame is a certified ‘flop.’ While SteamDB is perfect for tracking the natural ups and downs of online multiplayer games, it isn’t dogma: something that Waframe itself proves.
“We’ll keep making Warframe if there’s one player count,” Digital Extremes’ Megan Everett asserts. “I don’t care what SteamDB says”
28 March 20260

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