Prior to its launch later this week,Lost Arkhas already surpassed 500,000 players on Steam.Lost Arkoriginally launched in Korea, Japan, and Russia in December 2019, after the game, developed by Tripod Studio and Smilegate RPG, spent time in closed beta in 2018. Now, the title will be receiving a full localization for both North America, Latin America, and Europe withpublishing done by Amazon Games.
Lost Arkis an MMO Action RPG reminiscent of titles from Blizzard, likeDiabloorWorld of Warcraft.Lost Arkoffers a robust amount of customization for players to craft the warrior of their desires. While the localized version of the game will only feature 5 classes to start with, Tripod Studios has confirmed that eventuallyLost Arkwill have 14 different classes to create over the course of game’s playtime.Lost Arkalso promiseslots to do in-game to keep players engaged beyond the endless combat, with activities such as hunting and fishing also available.
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Now, with mere days left before the title is set to be released in North America and other regions,Steamhas officially reported thatLost Arkhas passed the mark of 500,000 totalLost Arkplayers. This, following a stellar display ofLost Arkduring its localized technical beta last fall, makes for an impressive debut of the game ahead of its release.
Steam’s breakdown ofLost Ark’sdata shows that the game reached an all-time count of concurrent players at 532,476 as of February 8th, and an average of 300,000 players active as of today’s recording. This added with the news earlier last month thatSteam had reached a concurrent player record for the platform itselfat 27.9 million users, which topped the platform’s initial record of 27.4 million players in November last year.
So far, this news is spelling great early success forLost Ark’sinternational release, and positions the game to be the standout MMO title for early 2022. While it remains to be seen whether the title can live up to the potential of Smilegate’s other major MMO titleCrossfire, current promotional materials forLost Ark,whichshowcases parts of the endgame, shows lots of promise to keep players engaged by highlighting many aspects of the game’s world and playable characters.
AlthoughLost Arkhasn’t been free of controversy surrounding its localization, the game is primed for a great introduction following its launch. Now the hope lies withLost Arkretaining its player base following its release.
Lost Arklaunches February 11th for PC.
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