Elden Ring Nightreign players aren’t backing down, even if the new expansion’s launch has turned out to be a little Rusty. After months of hype and lore-deep Reddit threads, Elden Ring Nightreign has finally launched on Steam, and while some reviews are more critical than Rennala without her sweetings, the player count suggests people are still sprinting into the fog gates regardless.
At the time of writing, the Elden Ring Nightreign launch has already pulled in a peak of over 250,000 concurrent players on Steam, according to official stats. That’s a pretty solid turnout for DLC. Critics may be debating the pacing, difficulty spikes, and a few performance quirks, but fans of the series are too busy dying for the twentieth time in a row to notice.
One reason behind Nightreign’s impressive player count might be its strong focus on co-op play. While you can definitely go it alone, the game is clearly built with three-player teams in mind.
Some Elden Ring Nightreign players are voicing concerns about the high difficulty curve right out of the gate. Apparently, Miquella didn’t come to mess around. Others have pointed out balance issues and frame drops, but let’s be honest, FromSoftware games running “perfectly” on launch day would probably be even more concerning.
Still, the Elden Ring Nightreign launch proves that the Soulslike formula remains relevant. Despite the mixed reception, the talk is strong, memes are flowing, and someone somewhere is already doing a level 1 no-hit run with a butter knife.
The expansion, which is available on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, continues FromSoftware’s tradition of combining stunning world design with deeply cryptic storytelling. You know, the kind that makes you feel emotions you didn’t even know you had, while a giant tree ghost yeets you into oblivion.
It’s not all doom and gloom. Plenty of players are praising the environment, enemy design, and lore teases hidden beneath layers of poetic item descriptions. It might not be perfect, but for many, Nightreign is exactly the kind of soul-crushing adventure they signed up for.
So yes, the reviews are mixed, but that’s never stopped Elden Ring fans before. If anything, it’s a badge of honor, because if you’re not dying repeatedly while slowly unraveling the mystery of a golden boy in a cocoon, are you even playing right?
