Apex Legends is seemingly “bleeding” players as the battle royale has dropped a few places on Steam’s most-played games charts.
Over the last 12 months, Apex Legends’ player count has taken a hit at times for a few different reasons. Players have been annoyed with cheaters running wild, legends being undercooked, server problems, and a few other things.
However, prior to the start of season 22, they started rebelling against Respawn Entertainment’s decision toadd a Premium+ tier to the battle pass.Initially, the new part of the battle pass could only be purchased with real-world money and not Apex Coins. This hassince been reverted.
On top of that, the battle royale has suffered with another influx of cheaters, and together, the two problems has seen the game’s player count fall off.
Others argued that the falloff wasn’t as harsh as some players had made out. “You took a screenshot when Apex is historically at its lowest every day, while ignoring when it’s its peak. It was at 220k earlier today. It hits its peak around 07:00 and hits its lowest around 19:00,” one player argued.
As perSteamCharts, the battle royale’s average player count is at its lowest point since Season 11, with that average dropping by nearly 30,000 players in the last month alone. That is, obviously, just the Steam count and doesn’t account for Xbox, PlayStation, or EA Origin.
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Respawn havepromised to tackle the cheating problemsandpledged to “get better” when it comes to talking about big changeslike the battle pass overhuall. So, maybe they’ll win back some of those players.
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