The game reached a peak of 259,003 concurrent players on Steam on Sunday, March 9. That makes it the No. 2 game of all time published by EA in terms of Steam concurrents, surpassed only by the free-to-play battle royale game Apex Legends. These data points come from SteamDB and were first spotted by Twisted Voxel.

As I write this sentence, the latest co-op adventure game from Hazelight, Split Fiction, hasn’t even been out for 48 hours. Yet based on player count numbers, Metacritic rankings, reviews, and player ratings,

According to numbers reported by SteamDB, Split Fiction has surpassed all EA games on Steam, with the exception of Apex Legends. This is an impressive result for the cooperative adventure directed

Split Fiction sets a record for EA's highest concurrent players for a premium game at 254,756 on Steam. The game's unique Friend's Pass feature allows for cooperative play, potentially increasing player count. While not free-to-play like Apex Legends, Split Fiction's success suggests strong commercial potential for EA.

Hazelight's Split Fiction has established a new concurrent player high on Steam for publisher Electronic Arts.

Your partner will need to find Friend's Pass on their gaming platform of choice's store and install it, though it's just a free program (here's a link the Steam PC version, for instance). Some posts on the Split Fiction Discord have the Friend's Pass installed and just need a game owner to come and play with.

Split Fiction launched on March 6, 2025, for Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. To play with friends across different platforms, players must link their EA accounts.

Hazelight's Split Fiction has rapidly climbed EA's Steam charts, quickly becoming the publisher's second most-played game on the platform.

Split Fiction was just released on all platforms on March 6, and it appears fans cannot get enough of the co-op adventure already.