How Many People Are Playing Overwatch

Introduction

Shooting games have always been the talk of the gamer community. And if that is an online PvP game, then it’s a hot one. So, if you are a new shooting game lover or an old one, you must have at least heard about “Overwatch.” Yes, that ready play shooting game.

But it has been four years since the game launched. Either an already pro player or thinking about giving it a try, this question might come to your mind. How many people are playing overwatch now? Then here is your answer.

Active Player Count 

Overwatch was launched in 2016 by a game development company named “Blizzard.” The game started with a blast at the start. It kept hitting places on the top game chart 2018.

Overwatch kept holding sixth place on most popular eSports, and DOTA 2 was on the top. Yet, in the last report of 2020, there are more than 10 million active users who are still playing the game. 

Overwatch GamePlay

Well, we won’t be able to discuss every point of the game in this short article. Yet, we will try to give you a summary. If we say in one sentence, the game is just like Call of Duty.

Here you will get 6 team members each, in 2 different teams. Your task will be to eliminate everyone else in the enemy team and win the game. 

The game has multiple characters also called heroes. All the heroes have different abilities. Some are for tanking, they can take a lot of heat, but they are slow in movement.

Some heroes are more fast and aggressive on attack. Some provide a shield for themselves and the whole team. So, we hope you are getting the virtual idea about the gameplay.

Supported Device for Overwatch

Nowadays, all developers release games focusing on mobile devices. Significantly the android gaming community has massively increased in the last couple of years. Still, there is nothing like console and PC gaming experience.

Blizzard also released the game for PS4 and Windows in 2016. But now it runs on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Windows, and Nintendo Switch. 

Game Updates

Gamers will lose interest if the game developers can not cope up with the updates. The Blizzard Entertainment Company didn’t disappoint here.

Their developer kept updating the game last 5 years and added different competitive modes in the game. 

They launched the game with causal play mode. It had some ranked match and other arcade modes at first. But eventually, they started adding more features like custom rooms made by users. And now, in total, you get 6 different modes to play. 

1. Practice in shooting range
2. Practice with AI
3. Instant Play with random players
4. Arcades
5. Team vs. Team
6. Custom Matches to prove Superiority.

Conclusion

Though the number of active users dropped slowly, the game isn’t dying. Blizzard Entertainment announced they are releasing “Overwatch 2” in 2021. So, you got the idea of how many people are playing overwatch.

Think what will happen once Overwatch 2 launches.

John C. Crawford

I am John C. Crawford. I am the founder of EnjoyWiki.com. I am a professional freelancer, blogger and content writer. I have several blogs and EnjoyWiki.com is one of them. I always love to share my experience on my blogs.