DayZ's just hit its highest-ever player count a decade
To briefly dig into the numbers, DayZ was hitting up to 45,000 concurrents back when it was first released, though from 2015 until late 2018 its player numbers seem to be in a managed decline (with a few odd spikes). But from 2019 onwards the game's ongoing popularity with big streamers like Shroud, along with judicious use of free weekends and a couple of Humble Bundle appearances, has seen player counts rise and keep on rising: I believe the previous peak before this was on January 19, 2023, at around 63,000 players.
It's hard to think of anything in DayZ that hasn't changed over that time, even though it officially hit 1.0 back in 2018. The most recent patch had our own Chris Livingston wondering about the Ship of Theseus paradox because, at this point, Bohemia really does seem to have run out of things to replace: the case in point being it just got a brand-new sky.
As well as that the latest patch added the .308 DMR, a throwback to the original mod, and overhauled the Vybor Air Base (the name may not be familiar but you'll recognise it as a place where you've died a lot).
One other change may be a bigger factor in this jump in player count however: spawn grouping, which puts players a little closer to each other when spawning rather than at random spots on the coast. Now, the most terrifying thing in DayZ is other people but, at the same time, I guess this ups your chance of some early action.
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junoPosted:
I've always enjoyed watching other play this game, I'm really glad that it has stuck around!
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