Starfieldreleased a little over two months ago on PC and Xbox.

In fact, there are currently more people playing Bethesda’s earlier RPG, Skyrim, over on Steam.

That makes a total of 15,386 Skyrimmers at the present time.

A photo of Andreja in Starfield leaning against a wall, arms crossed

Both releases combined have a 24-hour player peak of 25,181.

If we pop in the VR players as well, that number is higher still.

In contrast, Bethesda’s recently-released Starfield currently has 11,563 astronauts flying around its many stars and planets.

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Meanwhile, its 24-hour peak is 23,920.

It is worth noting that numbers over on Xbox consoles and Game Pass may paint a different picture.

In fact, it only received one nomination across the board, that of Best RPG.

Graph showing Starfield’s lifetime player count history

Here, it is up against other big releases, includingBaldur’s Gate 3andFinal Fantasy 16.

If it is more Elder Scrolls you are after, well, sadly I can’t give you much.

Charts showing the current number of people playing Skyrim and Starfield over on Steam