Battlefield 1 became the most popular Battlefield game on Steam over the past week, thanks to a hefty discount.
The sale, which began on 1st November, takes a whopping 88 percent off the game’s usual price and it’s clearly led to a resurgence of players.
The six-year old game is now well ahead of last year’s beleagured Battlefield 2042 and 2018’s Battlefield 5 as the most popular game from the series on Steam.
A comparison of all three games (thanks, SteamDB) shows that Battlefield 2042 has almost consistently been the least played after its release, with Battlefield 5 remaining as the most played up until the end of October.
Starting from 2nd November there’s a clear spike in Battlefield 1 players which increases every day. The spike’s peak at time of writing is 51,950 players, which occurred at 2pm GMT on 6th November. Seeing as the game went on sale on 1st November, the renewed popularity clearly coincides with the big discount. (The STEM student in me wants to remind you all that correlation does not always equal causation.)