DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO has surpassed all premium fighting games in terms of online play on Steam
On October 8, DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO became available to owners of premium editions. According to SteamDB service data, its peak online player count on Steam soon exceeded 91,000 people.
DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO
This was enough for the game to earn the title of one of the most popular fighting games on the platform. Only the free-to-play MultiVersus managed to attract more simultaneous players, reaching 153.4 thousand. Among paid fighting games, DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO is the undisputed leader.
Top 10 Fighting Games by Online Player Count on Steam*:
1. MultiVersus (free-to-play) — 153,433 people;
2. DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO — 91,005 people;
3. Street Fighter 6 — 70,573 people;
4. Tekken 8 — 49,977 people;
5. DRAGON BALL FighterZ — 44,303 people;
6. Mortal Kombat 1 — 38,129 people;
7. Mortal Kombat 11 — 35,147 people;
8. Brawlhalla (free-to-play) — 34,816 people
9. Guilty Gear -Strive- — 31,156 people;
10. Tekken 7 — 18,966 people.
Additionally, DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO ranked first for online player count among games developed by Spike Chunsoft and third among games published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Within the publisher's portfolio, only Dark Souls III (129.9 thousand people) and Elden Ring (953.4 thousand people) had a higher online count.
DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO online on Steam
The full release of DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO will take place on October 11. After that, its online player count is expected to increase even further.
*Many games on Steam have the "fighting" tag due to elements of this genre within them, ranging from NARAKA: BLADEPOINT to For Honor. Since not all are pure fighting games, we've decided to exclude debatable entries from the list.
