Fall Guys played for free (Opens in a new tab) A change I saw last week that it left Steam and was exclusive to the Epic Games Store. Despite the storefront change, the number of Fall Guys players on Steam has also increased significantly. This was about five times the number of simultaneous players at peak times last month. Not surprisingly, Epic, which set a new record for active players on June 21, when Fall Guys were released, is doing pretty well.
“For Fall Guys, it’s been a week more than twice as big as previous PC CCU records and contributed to a record number of active players in the store last Tuesday,” Epic tweeted. “Thank you for all the new beans! Don’t stumble. Don’t stumble.”
It’s been a big week for @FallGuysGame more than twice the previous PC CCU records and contributed to a record number of active players in the store last Tuesday 🎉 Thanks to all the new beans! Always stumble and never stumble. https://t.co/71DClYRKEiJune 25, 2022
Epic reveals that “a record number of active players” refers to the cumulative number of active players in the store during the day, with Fall Guys making a “strong” contribution to the total.
The number of players for individual games in the Epic Store isn’t immediately available, but fortunately it’s posted on Steam so you can draw reasonable conclusions.according to Steam chart (Opens in a new tab), Fall Guys on Steam has the highest number of simultaneous players in history at 172,026, with a modest total of 350,000 on Tuesday. It’s impossible to say if it includes Steam players, but it’s terribly healthy anyway.
By the way, Fall Guys aren’t available for purchase on Steam, but they’re still banging on Steam, with more than 56,500 peak simultaneous players today. According to Mediatonic, Fall Guys gained a total of 20 million players in the first two days after playing for free.
This kind of sudden rise in players poses some challenges. Mediatonic is still deploying updates to handle the new load. The latest release earlier today makes the following changes:
🔧 Fixed corruption of respawn VFX graphics 🔧 Fixed an issue where controller input was not consistently recorded after the bind button pop-up was displayed 🔧 Another player’s Beans animation stuck during gameplay FixedJune 27, 2022
- PS5 players will be able to participate in the game during the party! wooooooooo!
- Teams will no longer spawn in the same spot in a team round
- Fixed a visual issue with SpawnFX on Nintendo Switch
- Fixed a visual issue with the Lily Pad effect on Nintendo Switch
- Fixed an issue where buttons did not work in Leading Light
- Fixed some static intro cameras
- Fixed an issue where the Airtime and Sweet Thieves intro cams did not follow the intended path
- Fixed some hidden tiles loading into Hex-a-Gone
- Fixed a bug that caused party members to stay in the queue even though new players joined the party
- Fixed an issue where changing the controller during binding would freeze
- Fixed a visual issue when grabbing a turntable
- Fixed a grabbed bean that doesn’t follow the movement of the mobile platform
- Fixed an issue where padlocks would not be removed from the Season Pass after purchase
- Fixed some graphic corruption in Respawn VFX
- Fixed an issue where controller input was not consistently recorded after the bind button popup was displayed
- Fixed an issue where other players’ Beans animations would get stuck during gameplay
- Fixed a bug where players couldn’t hear party members in voice chat
Unfortunately, Mediatonic said he had to disable the Daily Store while working on some permanent issues, but he needed to get it back online as soon as possible.
