Starfield has officially hit 10 million players, according to Bethesda.
A tweet from the officialStarfieldaccount on Tuesday acknowledged the milestone, saying: “Thank you to more than 10 million Starfield explorers for creating the biggest launch inBethesdahistory.”
While it may have broken a record for Bethesda, it appears that Starfield has failed to do the same forXboxGame Studios as a whole.
In 2021,MicrosoftsaidForza Horizon 5reached more than 10 million players in its first week, making it the biggest first week in Xbox history.
By comparison, Starfield has seemingly taken nearly twice as long to reach the milestone.
It should be noted, however, that Starfield was released onXbox Series X/SandPC, whereas Forza Horizon 5 was also released onXbox One, meaning it had a larger userbase.
Earlier this week it was reported that Starfield was thefifth fastest-selling game across Europethis year, based on launch week performance.
Thank you to more than 10 million#Starfieldexplorers for creating the biggest launch in Bethesda history.pic.twitter.com/jklQotDC1N
According toGamesIndustry.biz, the game was “just about” the biggest Xbox launch this generation across Europe in terms of game sales, coming “just ahead” of Forza Horizon 5.
These figures don’t take into account Xbox Game Pass downloads, however, where it would appear Forza Horizon 5 excelled.
Over six million people played Starfield by the end of its first official day of release, includingmore than one million concurrent players, according to Microsoft.
Its release also helped propel Xbox Series X/S consoles to theirtwo biggest sales weeks of the year in the UK.
VGC’sStarfield reviewcalled it “the ultimate Bethesda game”, saying it “takes what people loved about Fallout and Skyrim and casts it across an enormous galaxy”.
