By Saber Interactive Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II has opened to two million players one day after its official release.
The “incredible milestone” spans the game’s release on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. The game’s Premium editions offered four days early access to the game after its standard launch.
At the time of writing, this does not appear to be indicative of the shooter's sales.
How did it happen? Space Sailor II get this far?
Warhammer games are released on a regular basis, often between two and four titles per year. Space Sailor II (a sequel to Relic's 2011 cult classic) marks the second Warhammer title to be released in 2024 and is one of Focus' big releases for this year.
IGN I also noticed that on Steam, Space Sailor II is taking off quite well. It opened to 225,690 concurrent players, making it the most played Warhammer title on the platform (40K or less) ahead of Total War: Warhammer 3 peak of 166,754 players.
While Saber and Focus have not analyzed the specific details of Space Marines II number of players, the Early Access launch probably played a big role.
Triple-A games have used it as a pre-order incentive for years, and publishers are usually quiet about how it affects sales. EA is an exception, as they have had no problem advertising it EA Sports College Football 25 2.2 million players in Early Access in July.