Halo Infinite Topped 272,000 Peak Players on Launch Day on Steam - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 16 November 2021 / 2,434 Views

Microsoft and 343 Industries yesterday shadow dropped the the free-to-play Halo Infinite Multiplayer Beta and Season 1 for all players on the Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC.

Despite no warning and releasing on a Monday it is already the most successful first-party Xbox game on Steam with peak concurrent players on launch day alone reaching 272,586 players, according to SteamDB.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection held the record previously with 161,024 peak concurrent players. Recently released Forza Horizon 5 had a peak player count of 81,096.

Season 1, called Heroes of Reach, won't end until May 2, 2022. It was originally scheduled to only last a few months.

All of the maps, core modes, Academy features, and Battle Pass are available in the Beta and progress carries over when Halo Infinite officially launches on December 8.

The campaign for Halo Infinite will launch on December 8 for the Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, and Xbox Game Pass.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

4 Comments

G2ThaUNiT (on 16 November 2021)

Not bad for a middle of a Monday launch :) congrats 343!

Although comparing the player count to FH5 is a bit misleading as that's at least $60 to play whereas Infinite's multiplayer is free for everyone lol. I can't imagine what numbers look like on actual Xbox consoles though! I feel like so many people are going to play the multiplayer that will then make them want to try out the campaign.