Lego games have managed to amass a huge fan following in the recent years. But the newest Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has shattered all the expectations in terms of gaining astonishing player base.

For those uninitiated, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga just became the best Lego release in its franchise on digital store front Steam. In fact, it has also established an unprecedented milestone that will last for years to come, for sure.

Lego Star Wars is a massive hit on Steam with record concurrent players!

The Skywalker Saga is the sixth main entry in the Lego Star Wars franchise and is the direct successor of the previous game, The Force Awakens. Traveller’s Tales is its developing studio while Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is the publisher.

In this game, players can choose any way they like to complete the story, unlike the past entries. Each story has five missions, thus providing a total of 45 levels. Furthermore, various ships also consist of free explorable areas in the hub, such as the Star Destroyers and Death Star.

Fans also get to explore a large open world filled with 300 playable characters. As for the exploration part, one can discover 23 planets in the entire galaxy.

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Recently, the industry insider Benji, on Twitter, shared a huge update on Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga regarding its Steam performance. While praising it, the scooper mentioned that the newest installment has gained a peak concurrent player record of over 80,000 players now on the Steam store.

When compared to the older Lego releases, then The Skywalker Saga has crushed them by a very big margin. As of this writing, the new title’s peak concurrent player figure is 82,517. This is just insane, especially considering the fact that the highest number the older installments ever touched was close to just 6,000 concurrent players.

The new Lego title is now available for the following platforms: Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC, and also Nintendo Switch.

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What are your thoughts on the massive opening of this game? Are you planning to play it this weekend on the console of your choice?

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