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- Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero set the record for the most played fighting game on Steam with 91,005 players in its initial release.
- Spaking Zero has surpassed Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8 in player count, making it the most played Dragon Ball game on Steam.
- The game is also the most played Dragon Ball title on the Valve platform.
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero has only been released to a fraction of its potential players, with the Ultimate Edition of the game coming out on Tuesday, but it looks like it's headed for big things.
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The first 36 hours of the first title in the Budokai Tenkaichi series for nearly 15 years have seen a number of records fall, including the most played fighting game in Steam history.
Sparking Zero Beats Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8 as the most played fighting game
According to SteamDB, Thursday night in the US saw 91,005 players play Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero on Steam, an incredible effort for a game that hasn't fully launched yet.
This number allowed the game to eclipse the previous record for most concurrent players in a fighting game on Steam, which was set by Street Fighter 6 in June of last year. At the time, Street Fighter was managing 70,540 players, which means Sparking Zero has grown by almost 30%.
In comparison, Tekken 8 had 46,139 players on Steam at its peak, and the most popular Mortal Kombat game, Mortal Kombat 11, had 27,301 players. Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection, released last month, peaked at just over 2,000 players.
Sparking Zero's 91,000 players also easily make it the most played Dragon Ball game on Valve's platform. Previously, FighterZ held the record with 44,234 players, while Kakarot and Xenoverse 2 had 25,715 and 13,570 respectively. The original Xenoverse peaked at 22,782 concurrent users.
With the cheaper standard version set to launch on Friday, it will be interesting to see how high that figure ends up going. Let's just hope those players have a slightly easier time with the game.
Part of the Budokai Tenkachi series, Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is an in-development arena fighter developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by Namco Bandai.
