It looks like Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has attracted nothing however skepticism because it was unveiled years in the past, and that skepticism solely grew extra intense within the lead-up to the sport’s launch. Unsurprisingly, that’s being mirrored in not solely its less-than-stellar vital reception (with a Metacritic rating of 62 on the time of writing), but additionally the variety of gamers it’s attracting (or failing to).
A minimum of on Steam, Rocksteady Studios and WB Video games’ open world looter shooter has failed to draw a sizeable viewers. As per SteamDB, upon its international launch on February 2, the sport peaked at simply 13,459 concurrent gamers on Steam.
In comparison with the spectacular numbers that different main latest releases like Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Granblue Fantasy: Relink, Tekken 8, and Persona 3 Reload have loved – all of that are arguably considerably extra area of interest merchandise than a AAA sport primarily based on a DC property from the makers of the Batman: Arkham sequence – that’s fairly a tough begin for the reside service shooter.
A more in-depth comparability can be Crystal Dynamics’ Marvel’s Avengers, one other superhero sport that was extensively criticized for losing a license with immense potential on a trend-chasing reside service sport. Nevertheless, with an all-time peak of 31,165 concurrent gamers, Marvel’s Avengers’ peak is effectively over twice as excessive as Suicide Squad’s– to date, no less than.
In the meantime, Suicide Squad additionally appears to be faring markedly worse than WB Video games’ personal co-op open world superhero sport Gotham Knights, which launches in 2022 to lukewarm vital reception, however loved an all-time peak of 24,138 concurrent gamers.
In our assessment of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, we gave it a rating of 5/10, saying, “Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League isn’t the worst live-service title ever made, however its mediocrity is tough to disclaim, particularly from a developer able to a lot extra.” Pink the complete assessment via right here.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is offered on PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, and PC. Its first season of post-launch content material will kick off in March, including The Joker as a playable character, with future seasons set so as to add extra new bosses, playable characters, places, and extra.
