By all accounts, FBC: Firebreak is not a bad game. Unfortunately, Remedy's multiplayer player-versus-environment (PvE) shooter also doesn't distinguish itself in a stacked genre, competing with titans like Deep Rock Galactic, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide and Killing Floor.
This has led to particularly poor player retention, resulting in FBC: Firebreak averaging approximately 30 concurrent players on Steam. The game is available on Game Pass and PlayStation Plus Premium, but Steam numbers are usually indicative of a game's overall popularity.
Remedy is an acclaimed studio, and fans would probably have understood if FBC: Firebreak immediately went into maintenance mode considering the low player numbers, but the Finns aren't giving up just yet.
The studio has released a comprehensive update post addressing player feedback and outlining the immediate future of FBC: Firebreak, which has numerous updates on the way to try and improve player retention.
"We've seen many players come into the game and leave within the first hour," the post reads. "And that's because our first hour can be frustrating; you feel ineffective and confused as to what to do. This needs to be improved."
Remedy has already added an introductory video to more explicitly introduce FBC: Firebreak's narrative elements,...
