Overview
- Following Thursday’s Early Access launch, the sequel sold about 2 million copies in 12 hours and drew more than 651,000 concurrent players across PC and Xbox, including 467,000 on Steam.
- The game is out on Steam, Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store for PC and on Xbox Series X|S with day-one Game Pass access, and it climbed to the top of Steam’s global sellers list.
- Unknown Worlds said 1 million sales arrived in the first hour, and early player reviews on Steam are “Very Positive” with thousands of write-ups.
- Live viewership also spiked, with peaks of roughly 413,000 concurrent viewers on Twitch and about 109,000 on YouTube, signaling strong interest beyond active players.
- A Delaware court previously reinstated CEO Ted Gill and extended the earnout window into September, making this launch performance material to a disputed payout, while the studio also warned fans after incomplete leaked builds spread and a developer publicly rebuked a user seeking support for a pirated copy.