Dragon Age: The Veilguard debuted at the top of Steam’s best-selling games chart
By ForGeeks Dragon Age: The Veilguard from EA and BioWare topped the Top Steam Sales chart immediately after its release, displacing Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 from the first position. According to SteamDB, the game, released on Thursday, garnered a peak of 70,414 concurrent players within the first 24 hours of launch. That figure was the highest of any BioWare release on Steam, breaking the record of Mass Effect Legendary Edition (with its peak of 59,817 players).
Mass Effect Legendary Edition.
«Dragon Age: The Veilguard» was also among the most successful releases for single-player games from EA on Steam, beating out Star Wars Jedi. However, the game has yet to reach the numbers of hits such as Need for Speed Heat (with a peak of 86,196 players) and The Sims 4 (with its peak of 96,328 users).
Need for Speed Heat (with its peak 96,328 users).
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is an action RPG developed by BioWare and released by Electronic Arts. It is the fourth major game in the Dragon Age franchise and the sequel to Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014). The events of The Veilguard unfold ten years after the events of Inquisition and offer players new locations to explore in the fictional world of Tedas.
The Veilguard is set ten years after the events of Inquisition and offers players new locations to explore in the fictional world of Tedas.
The game’s development began in 2015 and has been accompanied by multiple delays, radical design changes and high staff turnover. The game was originally announced as Dragon Age: Dreadwolf in 2022, before being titled Dragon Age: The Veilguard in June 2024.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Such significant changes and lengthy development make The Veilguard one of the most anticipated and interesting games in the series, as BioWare has frequently updated concepts and approaches, which can have a noticeable impact on the final quality and style of gameplay.
The Veilguard is the first game in the series.
