Dune: Awakening Is Off to a Strong Start on Steam

Dune: Awakening is currently one of the most popular games on Steam, with early estimates placing its sales in the hundreds of thousands. Moreover, its concurrent player peak on Valve's storefront has surpassed 175,000, suggesting Dune: Awakening is off to a strong start on PC.

Developed by the Oslo-based Funcom, Dune: Awakening is the first officially licensed MMO set in Frank Herbert’s iconic sci-fi universe. It was released for PC via Steam on June 10, following a five-day early access period.

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Another five days later, Funcom’s latest title is already shaping up to be a hit. According to publicly available data scraped by SteamDB, Dune: Awakening has seen consistent player growth since its Tuesday release, peaking at 175,569 concurrent players on Sunday, June 15. By this metric, Funcom's MMO is currently one of the most popular Steam games, ranking at number seven.

Top 10 Most Popular Steam Games on June 15

	Game	24h Player Peak
1.	Counter-Strike 2	1,621,013
2.	PUGB: Battlegrounds	784,339
3.	Dota 2	649,599
4.	Apex Legends	203,073
5.	Stellar Blade	192,078
6.	Bongo Cat	177,622
7.	Dune: Awakening	175,569
8.	Elden Ring Nightreign	163,950
9.	Delta Force	159,229
10.	Path of Exile	148,356

Dune: Awakening May Have Already Broken 1 Million Sales—Or Is About To

According to an average of estimates from VG Insights, Gamalytic, and PlayTracker, Dune: Awakening's PC sales are in the ballpark of 788,000 as of June 15. However, the actual figure may be even higher; a recent GameDiscoverCo study found that heavily pre-ordered Steam games typically have a peak concurrent user-to-sales ratio between 8 and 12. Based on that metric, the MMO may have already sold around 1.4 million copies. Even if it has not yet reached that figure, the game appears to be on track to at the very least surpass 1 million sales during its launch month.

According to the current list of Steam Top Sellers—a chart that reflects recent revenue leaders on the platform—Dune: Awakening is ranked third, behind Counter-Strike 2 and PUBG: Battlegrounds. It has even outperformed Stellar Blade, PlayStation's biggest-ever PC launch, which is currently ranked fourth on the same list.

Since live service games live and die by the size of their active communities, the fact that Funcom’s MMO has already attracted a large player base bodes well for its long-term prospects, assuming it can maintain at least a fraction of this momentum. While the Norwegian developer is currently focused on issuing critical bug fixes and balancing tweaks based on player feedback, it's also continuing to work on bringing the game to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. According to the latest official update, Dune: Awakening is targeting a 2026 console release.