Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond attracted over 100,000 concurrent players on Steam, but the reviews are negative
On June 17, Cygames released the free-to-play card game Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond, a continuation of the popular card game Shadowverse CCG. Although it has become the 15th most played new release of 2025 on Steam, gamers are dissatisfied with the project.
Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond
As indicated by SteamDB, the peak concurrent players for the Steam version of Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond stands at 108,476 people. This is 4.5 times more than its predecessor. Numbers continue to grow, so the gap between the new and old titles will widen even further soon.
Top 15 new releases of 2025 with the highest concurrent players on Steam:
1. Monster Hunter Wilds — 1,384,608 people;
2. Schedule I — 459,075 people;
3. Elden Ring Nightreign — 313,593 people;
4. R.E.P.O. — 271,571 people;
5. Split Fiction — 259,003 people;
6. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II — 256,206 people;
7. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered — 216,784 people;
8. Bongo Cat — 194,508 people;
9. Stellar Blade — 192,078 people;
10. Dune: Awakening — 189,333 people;
11. Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced — 187,059 people;
12. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — 145,063 people;
13. DELTARUNE — 133,930 people;
14. FragPunk — 113,946 people;
15. Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond — 108,476 people.
As for the Steam ratings, Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond has gathered 1,800 reviews, with only 19% of them being positive. There are two main reasons for the criticism: aggressive monetization and balance issues.
Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond was also released on the Epic Games Store and mobile devices. At least on smartphones, it is actively played as well. According to AppMagic, the mobile version of the Japanese card game has been downloaded 192,000 times.