Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 is officially out, and despite receiving positive reviews from critics and players, it is failing to captivate an audience on Steam. The game is falling short of the original’s player count by a wide margin, which some speculate to be related to the Xbox Game Pass.
According to SteamDB, Hellblade 2 peaked at just below 4,000 concurrent players on its launch day on May 21. Those numbers have since dwindled significantly, with its 24-hour peak being less than 50 percent of it today. The original game, on the other hand, peaked at around 6,000 concurrent players seven years ago and its current concurrent player numbers are a few hundred away from what the sequel is seeing. The precise reason behind this is not all too evident, though signs point at the game’s day one Game Pass availability ripping through its Steam presence.
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