It’s an exciting time to be a fan of Dragon’s Dogma. Capcom has at, at long, last, announced a full fledged sequel to the 2012 title, something that the fans have been clamoring over for several years. Thanks to this, and due to an excellent deal on Steam at this moment, Capcom’s JRPG has seen a major resurgence in popularity, which is no more evident than this new tidbit of information. According to Benji-Sales, as well as SteamDB, Dragon’s Dogma’s Steam concurrent player base skyrocketed to well over six thousand players today, peaking at roughly 6,582. According to the statistics, that’s the highest count the title has see on the platform since 2016, well over six years ago.

Dragon’s Dogma hit its highest peak Concurrent Players count on Steam in 6+ Years today thanks to the announcement of Dragons Dogma 2 and going on sale for $5. It reached 6,500+ players which hasn’t happened since February 2016

Nice to see this IP coming back and interest rising pic.twitter.com/zaqSh3NsxJ

— Benji-Sales (@BenjiSales) June 19, 2022

It’s important to note that this new peak is in regards to the newer iteration of Dragon’s Dogma, Dragon’s Dogma Dark Arisen, which is essentially a definitive edition of the title. It has the base game, which was improved upon, and also bundles in the expansions for a lot more content. As we already mentioned, the game has an extremely generous discount 84% discount no Steam where you can pick it up for a mere $4.79. That’s a massive cut for a fairly big open world JRPG, and it also happens to be a part of the annual Steam Summer Sales event. This price cut, alongside the announcement of Dragon’s Dogma 2, has sent players old and new back to the aforementioned title, which has also pushed it into the top 50 Steam trending games for sales and pre-orders.

Those who are just now entering the world of Dragon’s Dogma for the first time are in for a treat, and it’s the best way to hold them over until Dragon’s Dogma 2 eventually launches.