After only one day on the market, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has shattered Steam’s record for the greatest launch of a Star Wars or LEGO game on the platform. Traveller’s Tales’ latest LEGO game, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, finally launched on all major platforms yesterday to tremendous critical praise after more than two years of delays. The latest LEGO Star Wars game is the most extensive ever, with a cast of almost 300 playable characters and a storyline that spans all nine canonical Star Wars films. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has received largely excellent reviews from both fans and reviewers for its diverse gameplay and engaging plot.
In contrast to players who ordered physical copies of The Skywalker Saga, who received their copies earlier than expected, digitally purchased PC owners had to wait a little longer to jump into the LEGO Star Wars galaxy because Steam and publisher WB Games did not allow users to pre-load The Skywalker Saga before the game went live on April 5. Game Rant says that LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has set a new record for Steam’s biggest launch for either the Star Wars or LEGO brands.
As of today, there were around 82,517 people playing LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga in the 1st 24 hours after its debut. In comparison, the last Star Wars video with the best day-one premiere, 2019’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, peaked at 46,550. Also, in 2013, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes was LEGO’s biggest Steam launch with roughly 6,000 players. With so many eager fans eager to go through the LEGO version of the nine-film Skywalker saga, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga quickly became one of the most anticipated games of 2019. Traveller’s Tales has spent the first day of The Skywalker Saga’s release uncovering fun little tidbits and gameplay features within the vast plastic universe it has created, such as how The Skywalker Saga references things like Princess Leia’s subtle accent change in A New Hope and the ever-popular fan pairing of Fin and Poe Dameron of the Sequel Trilogy.
If the large player base the game has amassed so far is any indicator, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga may be Traveler’s Tales’ biggest and most successful LEGO game to date. The Skywalker Saga has surpassed the immensely popular Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order as the platform’s largest Star Wars launch, according to Steam users. In the days after the game’s record-breaking release, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’s popularity is expected to rise.