There has been an ongoing concern from players asking “Is Chivalry 2 dead?” especially in the official Reddit. One of the hallmark modes for the game is the 64-player brawl, but getting into a match with a full roster of players without bots has been challenging for many. With the game finally out on Steam, is Chivalry 2 dead now?
What is the Chivalry 2 Steam player count now?
With the game recently available on Steam, a huge influx of new players have entered the fray. At the time of this writing, the Steam player count is somewhere between 11,000 and 14,000 players according to SteamDB. So Chivalry 2 is certainly not dead, not by a long shot.
The game also features cross-play between Xbox, PlayStation, and PC platforms to bolster matchmaking numbers, though to be clear, players on different platforms currently cannot create parties with one another. Also, players on Steam cannot connect to those on Epic Games Store, and PS4-PS5 cross-generation party support is unavailable (unlike the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S consoles). That said, according to the public Trello highlighting the game’s roadmap, the cross-platform parties feature is slated for Content Update 2.6 later in 2022 and PS4-PS5 cross-generation party support is in the “We Are Working on This” column.
The better question is whether Chivalry 2 will be able to keep the momentum going. Looking at the negative user reviews on Steam, many players want the cross-platform party feature as soon as possible so they can play with their friends without having to start their progress over. Some are asking for a better method for team balance, a party size beyond four players, and fixes to various bugs for spawning, customization, matchmaking, and crashes. If the developers want to prevent players from going back to Mordhau or the first Chivalry, they’ll need to stay on top of this as this Steam honeymoon phase begins to wane.
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