Given the hype surrounding it previous to launch, just about everybody anticipated Starfield to be a rousing success. Nonetheless, likely anticipated (hoped, even) it will have a wholesome quantity of endurance. However as latest stats present, Bethesda’s latest IP is experiencing a drop in reputation.

In accordance with the info on SteamDB (as noticed by Rock Paper Shotgun), Starfield has fewer folks enjoying the sport proper now than Skyrim. On the time of writing, the previous is simply shy of 14,000 concurrent gamers, whereas the latter has almost 16,000 for the Particular Version alone.

Add onto that the 1,796 followers enjoying simply common Skyrim and we get an image of simply how rather more partaking Bethesda’s 2011 epic RPG is.

It’s a tall order to beat Skyrim

After all, given TES5‘s legacy – and having simply celebrated 12 years – it’s a tricky act to comply with, even from the sport’s personal developer. Starfield launched to important suggestions, most of which was fairly glowing, however curiosity is certainly waning now.

Perhaps this can be a query of overhype. Typically, video video games wrestle to match the expectations that individuals have, and a few of the time, it’s the fault of the developer for pushing a product too laborious (hi there, No Man’s Sky).

That’s to not say Starfield is a nasty recreation. It’s been nominated for Finest RPG at this yr’s The Recreation Awards, so it’s not precisely with out advantage or kudos. There’s simply one thing about the truth that one of the anticipated releases of this era is seemingly dropping its viewers. And it’s solely been out a few months.