Outriders Surpasses 3.5 Million Unique Players In Its First Month

Square Enix has announced that Outriders has surpassed 3.5 million unique players worldwide in its first month alongside revealing what fixes are coming in its next patch.While there was no further data as to how the players were split between those who purchased the game vs those who played via Xbox Game Pass, the Outriders team did share a few more fun facts from the game’s first month.

As of May 1, Outriders has been played for over 120 million hours, with the average playtime reaching 31 hours. The Trickster is the most popular class with 27.9% of players choosing that path, followed by The Pyromancer, Technomancer, and Devastator.

The most used ability is the Trickster’s Slow Trap, there has been 1.6 quadrillion points of total damage, 9.2 billion Perforo kills, 20 billion total kills, 1.9 trillion Scrap collected, and 457 billion Titanium pieces collected.

The most popular legendary weapons are Deathshield and Funeral Pyre, and the player with the most amount of playtime is 797 hours.

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As previously mentioned, Square Enix shared that the upcoming patch, which is “designed primarily to address the damage mitigation issue,” is in final testing and is planned to be released on May 20, but “that will only be confirmed once it successfully passes through testing.”

The patch will also include crash fixes and added telemetry to help diagnose the outstanding sign-in issues. The team is also still working working on the player appreciation package.

For more, check out our Outriders review, our best tips and tricks, and the latest details on Outriders’ inventory wipe fix.

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