On the evening of June 19, the full release of Broken Arrow—a real-time strategy game from the Russian studio Steel Balalaika and British publisher Slitherine—was launched on PC. The new release immediately attracted a large audience.
Broken Arrow
According to SteamDB, the Steam version of Broken Arrow peaked at 28,822 concurrent players. This surpasses any other game published by Slitherine—the previous record was held by Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War with a peak of 11,136 players online.
Besides Steam, the strategy game is available on VK Play, but its online count there is unknown.
How Broken Arrow's online presence changed on Steam
At the time of writing, Broken Arrow had 77% positive reviews on Steam based on 4,700 ratings. On VK Play, the game scored nine out of 10 based on 74 ratings.
In the announcement celebrating the game’s release, Steel Balalaika and Slitherine announced that Broken Arrow launched with over a million wishlists. Additionally, the Vanguard Edition, which allowed players to start playing three days early, was purchased by 150,000 people.