It is the year 2025, and the majority of users on Steam continue to be far more interested in playing PC games that launched years ago instead of the latest releases, according to new figures derived from SteamDB that show how Red Dead Redemption 2, an action-adventure game that Rockstar Games brought to the PC platform in November 2019, reached a new all-time peak of 99,993 players two days ago, while Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, the latest PlayStation Studios game to come to PC, only managed to reach a peak of 28,189 players following its release on January 30.
Here’s the performance of Red Dead Redemption 2, a game that Rockstar has noted as having received over 175 Game of the Year awards, as well as over 250 perfect scores:
And here are the numbers for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, which falls significantly short of its predecessor’s all-time peak of 66,436:
“The game looks fun, but its super buggy, audio is choppy and frequently glitches out,” reads a negative review of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 that can be found on Steam. “This game needs a patch desperately. Not sure how this was approved. Wish I waited before spending $60 on this. This super hard to play.”
“Crashes. Doesn’t work. Can run GoW Ragnarok or Cyberpunk on ultra settings but this game crashes in the main menu,” another warned.