Highguard's brutally difficult start to life has continued today, as it has fallen out of the top 200 in Steam's bestsellers chart for the first time, just three days after launch.
The game was always going to face an uphill battle. It claimed the final spot at 2025's The Game Awards, in lieu of what many presumed would be a huge new triple-A title, and was immediately slammed with dislikes on YouTube and berated by the masses on social media, but while most were expecting it to perform poorly, dropping out of Steam's top 200 games this quickly could be a death knell for the game.
Following its release, Highguard has had a tough time. It opened to 'Overwhelmingly Negative' reviews on Steam, with the internet quickly slamming the game, and it dropped below 10,000 concurrent players within 24 hours. That's still far more than Concord ever managed to achieve on the Valve-owned platform, so there is still hope, but it's certainly worrying.
This early performance should come as no surprise, then, as at the time of writing, Highguard has dropped to 214th place on the Steam Top Sellers chart, less than 72 hours after launch....
