Will Overwatch die in 2022?

The reason is that Overwatch is struggling because the developers spend most of the time and care on part 2 of the game. Overwatch 2 promises more game modes, more heroes, maps, and new content.

But many players are skeptical that the revealed content of season 2 so far is enough to warrant a brand new game and need further updates to the current Overwatch season 1 updates.

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The point here is that Overwatch 2 has been delayed quite a few times, although this is unfortunate news for fans looking to set foot in the game's sequel. The developers have also put all their resources into Overwatch 2 and almost gave up on updating new content for Overwatch. Meaning the game continues with no new content or meaningful updates over time.

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What will be the number of Overwatch players in 2022?

With Overwatch receiving few updates and adding new content. It's no surprise that the Overwatch community is skeptical about the game's viability in 2022. However, the statistics show that Overwatch is not dead yet.

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According to Active Player, there were about 6.8 million average players in the last 30 days. This is actually a positive sign compared to December 2020 with 4.9 million average players that month. At the beginning of 2021, the average number of players was about 6.2 million, by July this number increased to 7.3 million and has been declining ever since.

What is the highest player count ever recorded in Overwatch?

While the average player count per month holds some promise, what matters is the highest number of players in Overwatch per day. Going into 2022, there were 618,000 fewer players on average in the last 30 days.

This shows that hundreds of thousands of active players every day. Which means Overwatch is far from dead. But that doesn't mean Overwatch is in a great position.

Will Overwatch die in 2022?

Overwatch is not a dying game like the community is saying on social media. But in terms of technical content in the game, Overwatch is slowly dying. The game had 35 million players a year after its release in 2016. In 2018, Overwatch had 50 million players, which means it's slowly growing. But the number has since plummeted.

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It is only natural for a game to decline in active players as it ages. But that doesn't excuse the drastic drop in player count Overwatch has seen. The lack of new content and little or no streamer support has made Overwatch a lot less popular.

While 6 million average players sounds like a good thing, compared to current popular titles, the number of players for those games is much larger. Like Fortnite, League of Legends, Dota 2, CSGO.

Marvin Fry

Update 13 January 2022