Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake launches the best series of all time on Steam.

Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake launched earlier this week. And to say the game was a huge hit for Square Enix is ​​an understatement. Likely helped by the reviews that came out recently, Dragon Quest 3 HD -2D Remake was able to garner an impressive number of players within a day of its release.

Head to the game's SteamDB page and you'll see that the current all-time high is 37,273 players, and that's just one day after launch. We often see that number increase over the weekend. Because more people will have the opportunity to buy and play this game. But it has already broken the all-time record for the highest number of players for Dragon Quest on Steam.

Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake launches the best series of all time on Steam.

Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elusive Age is the game that previously set this record. But even then, it only managed to hit an all-time high of 11,793 players. Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake more than triples that number. And this doesn't even take into account sales of PlayStation and Nintendo Switch, which are probably even stronger than Steam.

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It's also a much-needed win for Square Enix, which has been struggling to move copies of some of its biggest games in recent years. This becomes more apparent when you realize that Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake not only broke the all-time player count for the Dragon Quest series, but also broke the record for the all-time player count of any Square Enix game. single player

Only Outriders (remember that game), Final Fantasy 14, and the first free episode of Life is Strange 2 have higher all-time highs than Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake, and are able to climb above blockbuster games like Nier Replicant , Nier Automata , and Final Fantasy 15 and 16 are good for a series that isn't yet as popular in the West as other giant Square Enix franchises. But it may be a sign that times are changing.

Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake is the return of the long-promised third installment in the Dragon Quest series, a game that takes place in chronological order. Therefore, it received a remake before both games existed in terms of release.