Overwatch’s base of registered players has swelled past the 30 million mark, developer Blizzard Entertainment announced today.
More than 30 million players have charged into Overwatch!
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) April 28, 2017
Thanks for grouping up with us, heroes. We couldn't ask for a better team. pic.twitter.com/j2lRsUtpnd
Blizzard launched Overwatch on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One in late May, about 11 months ago. The game’s player base has been growing at a nearly linear rate since then, when more than 7 million people played Overwatch during its first week of release.
In August, Blizzard reported 15 million players, and in October, less than five months after launch, the figure had reached 20 million. By late January, more than 25 million people had tried Overwatch. On average, nearly 2.2 million players have been joining the ranks every month.
These figures refer to Overwatch’s overall player base, but there’s a chance the game has a particularly high number of active users right now — its latest seasonal event, Uprising, went live earlier this month and is scheduled to end on May 2. The event is highlighted by a titular cooperative brawl mode that is new to Overwatch. Of course, there are also plenty of new skins, emotes, highlight intros, sprays and more.