Summary
TheGhost of TsushimaPC version surpassed 72,000 concurrent players on May 18. Only a single first-party PlayStation game ever had a bigger PC launch, and that one may yet be outperformed byGhost of Tsushima.
The long-awaited PC port of the 2020 samurai ARPG had at last reached Steam on May 16. Reviewers and players alike havepraised theGhost of TsushimaPC versionfor a variety of reasons, including its overall level of polish and performance. The game peaked at 57,381 concurrent players on launch day, then improved that record to 61,453 people the following day.
Ghost of Tsushima Is Within Arm’s Reach of God of War’s PC Player Record
The action RPG managed to build on that momentum throughout Saturday, withSteamDBdata revealing it had peaked at 72,576 concurrent Steam players in the early afternoon hours ET on May 18. OnlyGod of Warhad a marginally stronger PC launch out of all the first-party PlayStation games that reached Steam to date, recording 73,529 concurrent players three days following its mid-January 2022 release.Ghost of Tsushima’s strong Steam debutmay still see it surpass that figure, not least because the weekend is only halfway done.
What makes this early momentum even more impressive is thatGhost of Tsushimahas been delisted from Steam in 180 regionsahead of its release. Had that not happened, the game likely would have already seized the title of the biggest-ever first-party PlayStation PC launch ever. The move itself is presumed to have been motivated by the fact thatGhost of Tsushimarequires a PlayStation Network account for its Legends multiplayer mode. Namely, PSN isn’t available in the majority of the delisted countries. While Sony was accepting pre-orders with no such restrictions for a while, Steam has already started auto-refunding such advanced purchases from consumers who were affected by the mass delisting.
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June 02, 2025
The Chinese Room
Between the recently released ports ofGhost of TsushimaandHorizon Forbidden West, not to mention the stratospheric success ofHelldivers 2, 2024 has already been a huge year for Sony’s PC publishing push, and it’s not even halfway done. The company still has a few current-generation first-party games that are yet to make their way to PC, includingGod of War Ragnarok,Marvel’s Spider-Man 2,Gran Turismo 7, and theDemon’s Soulsremake. Given howSony recently vowed to get even more “aggressive” with its first-party PC releases, at least some of those ports may still reach Steam by year’s end, despite none of them being officially announced just yet.
Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut
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In the late 13th century, the Mongol empire has laid waste to entire nations along their campaign to conquer the East. Tsushima Island is all that stands between mainland Japan and a massive Mongol invasion fleet led by the ruthless and cunning general, Khotun Khan.As the island burns in the wake of the first wave of the Mongol assault, courageous samurai warrior Jin Sakai stands resolute. As one of the last surviving members of his clan, Jin is resolved to do whatever it takes, at any cost, to protect his people and reclaim his home. He must set aside the traditions that have shaped him as a warrior to forge a new path, the path of the Ghost, and wage an unconventional war for the freedom of Tsushima.
