{"id":888140,"date":"2026-01-27T12:12:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/highguard-nearly-hit-100000-concurrent-users-on-steam-on-launch-day\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:12:19","slug":"highguard-nearly-hit-100000-concurrent-users-on-steam-on-launch-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/highguard-nearly-hit-100000-concurrent-users-on-steam-on-launch-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Highguard Nearly Hit 100,000 Concurrent Users on Steam on Launch Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment <\/p>\n<div id=\"innerContent\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vgchartz.com\/articles_media\/images\/highguard-nearly-hit-100000-concurrent-users-on-steam-on-launch-day-471065_expanded.jpg\" alt=\"Entertainment Highguard Nearly Hit 100,000 Concurrent Users on Steam on Launch Day\" width=\"641\">\n                <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/n4g.com\/tips?url=https:\/\/www.vgchartz.com\/article\/466872\/highguard-nearly-hit-100000-concurrent-users-on-steam-on-launch-day\/&#038;title=Highguard Nearly Hit 100,000 Concurrent Users on Steam on Launch Day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s2.n4g.com\/gen\/nb-16x16-icon.gif\"><br \/>\n                 <\/a>\n           <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>by <b><br \/>\n       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vgchartz.com\/author\/359048\/william-dangelo\/\">William D&#8217;Angelo<\/a><br \/>\n       <\/b>, posted 2 hours ago <span>\/ 404 Views<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The free-to-play PvP raid shooter, <\/span><em>Highguard<\/em><span>, from developer\u00a0Wildlight Entertainment released yesterday and it managed to reach a peak of nearly 100,000 concurrent users on Steam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/4128260\/charts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SteamDB<\/a>, which tracks the number of players, shows the game reached 97,249 concurrent users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite a decent showing on its launch day the majority of reviews have been negative with just 32.24 percent of over 19,000 reviews being positive as of the time of writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vgchartz.com\/articles_media\/images\/highguard-1.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" alt><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><em>Highguard <\/em>is available for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4128260\/Highguard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steam<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>A life-long and avid gamer,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vgchartz.com\/author\/79\/william-dangelo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William D&#8217;Angelo<\/a><em><span>\u00a0<\/span>was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheAlphaTomato\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a><em>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/trunkswd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitch channel<\/a><em>. You can follow the author<\/em><em><span>\u00a0<\/span>on<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/trunkswd.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bluesky<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Entertainment More Articles<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vgchartz.com\/article\/466872\/highguard-nearly-hit-100000-concurrent-users-on-steam-on-launch-day\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n William D&#8217;Angelo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by William D&#8217;Angelo , posted 2 hours ago \/ 404 Views The free-to-play PvP raid shooter, Highguard , from developer\u00a0Wildlight Entertainment released yesterday and it managed to reach a peak of nearly 100,000 concurrent users on Steam. SteamDB, which tracks the number of players, shows the game reached 97,249 concurrent users. 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