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Returnal™ BREAK THE CYCLE Fight to survive as this award-winning third-person shooter brings Selene’s story to PC. Take on roguelike challenges. Engage enemies in bullet hell-fuelled clashes. Share your journey through Returnal™ with another player.
Players on Steam, last 48 hours| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 29 Oct, 17:58 UTC | 104 |
| 28 Oct, 17:26 UTC | 85 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
Player Retention| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchFebruary 2023 | 3,031 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onMay 2023 | 181 | 6% | Loses players fast (better than 4% of 9,121 other games) |
| 12 months onFebruary 2024 | 132 | 4.3% | Loses players fast (better than 7% of 7,653 other games) |
Returnal™ kept 6% of the average players it had at its launch in February 2023 after 3 months and 4.3% after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
Players By Month| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026Oct 2026 (so far) (from 22 Oct) | 99 | +7 | +7.5% | 160 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 92 | −30 | −24.5% | 209 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 122 | −97 | −44.3% | 262 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 219 | −181 | −45.3% | 582 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 399 | +183 | +84.5% | 1,375 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 216 | +35 | +19.5% | 640 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 181 | +24 | +15.5% | 424 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 157 | −48 | −23.6% | 371 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 205 | +5 | +2.7% | 529 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 200 | −42 | −17.4% | 538 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 242 | +22 | +9.8% | 504 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 220 | +109 | +98.1% | 733 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 111 | +39 | +54.1% | 306 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 72 | −18 | −20% | 204 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 90 | −45 | −33.5% | 195 |
| July 2025Jul 2025 | 135 | +43 | +47% | 354 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 92 | −22 | −19.3% | 314 |
| May 2025May 2025 | 114 | −30 | −21% | 276 |
| April 2025Apr 2025 | 144 | −38 | −20.9% | 365 |
| March 2025Mar 2025 | 183 | +64 | +54.2% | 579 |
| February 2025Feb 2025 | 118 | −31 | −20.8% | 271 |
| January 2025Jan 2025 | 150 | −15 | −9% | 370 |
| December 2024Dec 2024 | 164 | +65 | +66% | 399 |
| November 2024Nov 2024 | 99 | +16 | +18.9% | 357 |
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024Oct 2024 | 83 | −64 | −43.4% | 193 |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 147 | +66 | +82.2% | 541 |
| August 2024Aug 2024 | 81 | −36 | −31.2% | 181 |
| July 2024Jul 2024 | 117 | +27 | +29.3% | 269 |
| June 2024Jun 2024 | 91 | −56 | −38.3% | 275 |
| May 2024May 2024 | 147 | +47 | +46.7% | 443 |
| April 2024Apr 2024 | 100 | −31 | −23.6% | 217 |
| March 2024Mar 2024 | 131 | −1 | −0.4% | 312 |
| February 2024Feb 2024 | 132 | −31 | −18.9% | 350 |
| January 2024Jan 2024 | 162 | +1 | +0.8% | 443 |
| December 2023Dec 2023 | 161 | +8 | +5.1% | 413 |
| November 2023Nov 2023 | 153 | +60 | +64.1% | 412 |
| October 2023Oct 2023 | 93 | −25 | −21.1% | 348 |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 118 | +12 | +11.1% | 351 |
| August 2023Aug 2023 | 106 | −92 | −46.4% | 246 |
| July 2023Jul 2023 | 199 | +31 | +18.7% | 478 |
| June 2023Jun 2023 | 167 | −14 | −7.7% | 532 |
| May 2023May 2023 | 181 | −108 | −37.4% | 377 |
| April 2023Apr 2023 | 290 | −400 | −58% | 686 |
| March 2023Mar 2023 | 690 | −2,341 | −77.3% | 1,974 |
| February 2023Feb 2023 | 3,031 | — | — | 6,656 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months before October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.
