Forza Horizon 6 has crushed the franchise document on Steam for peak concurrent customers, and that is particularly noteworthy for the reason that sport is barely accessible for a choose group of individuals at present.
Forza Horizon 5 set the franchise document for highest peak concurrent-player depend on Steam with 81,096 back on November 13, 2021, which was the primary Saturday after the sport launched on November 9. Forza Horizon 6, in the meantime, hit a excessive watermark of (*6*) right this moment, Could 15, which means Forza Horizon 6 doubled up the franchise excessive (via GamesRadar).
Forza Horizon 4 got here to Steam in March 2021, representing the franchise’s debut on Steam, and it peaked at 75,689 concurrent players. The sport got here to Valve’s digital storefront years after its authentic launch in 2018; gamers reported many points at launch and it was delisted from Steam in 2024.
The solely method to play Forza Horizon 6 proper now’s to purchase the sport’s $120 premium version or pay an additional $60 for an improve. The sport’s $70 customary model arrives Could 19, and that is additionally when Recreation Move Final and PC Recreation Move members can begin enjoying. Alternatively, individuals subscribed to these tiers of Recreation Move should buy the $60 premium version improve to leap in proper now.
Given all of this, it stands to cause that Forza Horizon 6’s participant numbers on Steam–and Xbox–will proceed to develop as the sport rolls out to everybody. The complete participant numbers will not equate to complete gross sales, although, as many are anticipated to play with Recreation Move.
Past this, Forza Horizon 6 is coming to PlayStation 5 later this yr, and that is anticipated to end in one other surge in new gamers.
For extra, try GameSpot’s Forza Horizon 6 evaluation, during which reviewer Mark Delaney stated the sport has the “greatest Forza Horizon map to this point.”