Destiny 2's concurrent player count has hit a new 24-hour low as the shooter's struggles continue. While the game has enjoyed some amount of lasting success, consistently drawing hundreds of thousands of players years after its launch, the story has been different lately as people are not flocking to Destiny 2 the way they used to.
Bungie has not had the best of times over the past several months. The Edge of Fate expansion fell flat among the fanbase compared to previous expansions, and the devs recently walked back some Destiny 2 changes after backlash from the community that made it clear the updates would largely frustrate players. Amid these challenges, the game is seeing an unfortunate trend in its PC player count.
With Many Players Taking a Break from Destiny 2, See How Much Time You've Wasted in Bungie's Shooter
While many players are taking a break from Destiny 2, there's a way for them to find out just how much time they’ve spent in Bungie’s shooter.
Destiny 2 Has Hit Its Lowest 24-Hour Concurrent Player Peak Since Launch
Data from Steam Charts shows that Destiny 2 peaked at just 30,228 players over the last 24 hours at the time of writing. That marks the lowest 24-hour peak in the game's history, with the previous record low coming in December 2024 at 36,488 users. While it may be a new low for the looter shooter, it may not come as a big surprise, either. Between July and September 2025, Destiny 2's Steam player count dropped by nearly 80%, only breaking the 50,000 simultaneous user mark once in September.
Steam may represent just part of Destiny 2's player base, but fans have been vocal about their dissatisfaction with the title for a while now. It likely doesn't help that competition in the looter shooter space has heated up in the past month. Many Destiny 2 players have flocked to Borderlands 4 lately, with Gearbox's new game being similar to Destiny in many ways while offering a break from recent frustrations with the live service title. Borderlands has faced its fair share of issues, too, so it remains to be seen if players will come back to Destiny 2 down the road, but things aren't looking too good for Bungie right now.
The Destiny franchise is not the studio's only woe at the moment. Amid a string of setbacks and controversies with the indefinitely delayed Marathon, some Bungie devs say morale is in "free-fall," which Destiny 2's disappointing performance may not help with. Still, parent company Sony has repeatedly said it has faith in its live service games, so leadership seems hopeful that it can turn things around in the future. However, whether Destiny 2 has a big part to play in that and when such improvement may happen is uncertain.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 84 /100 Critics Rec: 88%
WHERE TO PLAY
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
- Cross Save
- yes
- Expansions
- Destiny 2: Forsaken, Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, Destiny 2: Beyond Light, Destiny 2: The Witch Queen, Destiny 2: Lightfall
- Franchise
- Destiny
- Number of Players
- 1-6 (Co-Op)
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- no
- Genre(s)
- FPS
- Platform(s)
- PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC, Stadia
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
- How Long To Beat
- 100+
- X|S Optimized
- YES
- PS Plus Availability
- Essential, Extra, & Premium (The Witch Queen)
Source: Steam Charts