Cyberpunk 2077 has lost 79% of its players since peak launch

Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red’s hottest RPG title, had seen an exponential increase in its player base right after launch. With 1 million concurrent players on Steam in December, the Polish video game developer sold over 13 million copies of Cyberpunk when it launched.

But soon after, things seemed to be going into a decline for the game as the community encountered a plethora of in-game bugs and performance issues. Gamers on console platforms such as Sony’s Playstation and Google’s Stadia have started demanding refunds amid multiple in-game performance issues.

According to data from githyp.com, Cyberpunk has seen a drop in its player base, which has only 225,000 active players since last weekend.

This is the first time we’ve seen a Triple-A rated game suffer a huge setback right after launch. The consequences also led Sony to withdraw the title from its Playstation Store and issue refunds.

Compared to CDPR’s last major title The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 had the most dubious start. After launch, it took Project The Witcher to achieve a 79% drop in its player base, which the newly launched RPG has already encountered. As previously discussed here on TalkEsport, CDPR may soon find itself in another dilemma, a class action lawsuit.