New tactical FPS surpasses Arma and Ready or Not’s Steam records

Gray Zone War is doing very well. The tactical FPS, reminiscent of simulation-style shooters like Arma 3, Ready or Not, Hell Let Loose and Insurgency: Sandstorm, released in Early Access on Steam last week and sold a ton of copies in very little time. The success so far shows no signs of slowing down, with the number of players on Steam growing to the point where it far surpasses some of the biggest games in its genre.

Gray Zone Warfare is a version of the FPS simulation game that places players in the unsavory role of a soldier from a private military company who has been deployed to a recently evacuated fictional island at the request of a mysterious client. This island takes the form of an MMO-style open world in which the character’s soldier can group up or take on NPCs and real enemies alone, engaging in tactical firefights with a realistic bent. Its realism extends to both player health and combat. Gray Zone Warfare models bullet ballistics, emphasizes gun customization, and even sees players receive injuries that impair their ability to fight and move through their environment.

The premise of the game certainly resonated with audiences. At the time of writing, Gray Zone Warfare has 37,885 active players and has reached a 24-hour peak of 72,548.

To put this into context, the game is already outperforming its closest competitors: Arma 3 and Ready or Not. Arma 3, for comparison, currently has 10,584 players on Steam and has reached a 24-hour peak player count of 18,871, while Ready or Not has 4,798 and a peak of 6,965. Whereas Gray Zone Warfare only released last Tuesday, April 30, its stats to date are extremely impressive.

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