'Steam Charts don't measure fun,' Splitgate: Arena Reloaded studio says in response to worries about declining player numbers: 'They don't show the full picture'

Splitgate: Arena Reloaded hasn't exactly set the world on fire since its re-launch in December 2025. Concurrent player counts on Steam hit a peak of just under 2,300 following the release, and the number hasn't broken 1,000 since Christmas; as I write this, there are just 785 people playing, not really a great place for a 'new' online shooter.

In response to online chatter about the game's flagging fortunes, developer 1047 Games has issued a statement saying those numbers "don't show the...