There have been difficulties with audience retention.
At the end of January, the team-based raid shooter Highguard was released. The host of The Game Awards 2025, Geoff Keighley, decided to show the game's trailer during the show's finale, which drew players' attention (the developers themselves had wanted to do a surprise release).
Highguard's peak concurrent player count at launch exceeded 97 thousand players, but the game's concept failed to impress many people. The online player count began to drop very quickly, and after just three weeks the project had lost around 98% of its players.
Recently, Highguard's peak concurrent player count on Steam has been around 2-3 thousand players, while the reviews are "Mixed" (45% rating).
Recently, the studio Wildlight Entertainment went through a round of layoffs, which became grounds for criticism even from users who had previously supported the game.
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