Shooter hope is dead again shortly after the release

It can go that fast! Shortly after the release, Aliens: Fireteam Elite was still a real bestseller on Steam, but now the shooter is almost dead again. Of the thousands of players who initially played the co-op game, only a few hundred are now left. What just happened there?

Hype about new co-op shooters has already flattened out

It started out gloriously, Aliens: Fireteam Elite went through the roof when it was released on Steam. Now, just eight weeks after its release, the whole thing seems The hype about the co-op shooter is over again.

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As the statistics from Steamcharts show, there are currently just 600 simultaneous players in the game from developer Cold Iron Studios. At the start, the shooter not only stormed into the top sellers, but was also able to positive reviews from players to win. (Source: Steamcharts)

Two weeks after the release, the number of players fluctuated 10,000 and 13,000 one and peaked at over 15,000. With a current number of less than 500 players, this change is a really big drop within a few weeks.

Even on the big ones Twitch and YouTube stages is the game of well-known Streamers and YouTubers been played up and down. But that too does not seem to have secured the success of Aliens: Fireteam Elite in the long term. But what happened?

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Why does almost no one play Aliens anymore: Fireteam Elite?

Despite the largely positive reviews on Steam, most of the players have moved on. Not least because of some Criticisms that attach to the shooter. The emptiness of the atmosphere and persistent bugs are criticized by many players.

That too Absence of new content leads to Aliens: Fireteam Elite not being able to keep the players in line. That last big update appeared in early September. The lack of variety, which has already been criticized, is made even worse.

A very big factor, however, is likely to be really tough competition be through Back 4 Blood. The co-op shooter was already able to inspire many players in its beta phase and has been an integral part of the Steam charts since its release.

The Aliens so successful at release: Fireteam Elite can’t keep the players in line. Just two months after its release, the former Steam top seller has disappeared into oblivion, which is proven by the incredibly low number of players.