Forza Horizon 6 broke the main series record

Despite still being in Early Access exclusively for players who purchased the $119.99 Premium Edition, Forza Horizon 6 has already claimed the title of the game in the series with the most concurrent players on Steam. Forza Horizon 6 has already managed to double the number of concurrent players on Steam in the last game in the series, before the vast majority of players jump into the action.

Forza Horizon 6 is the latest iteration of Playground Games' long-running spin-off Forza Motorsport series. The latest game will take the series to Japan for the first time, a setting long requested by fans. First review Forza Horizon 6 were excellent, earning a top critic average of 91 on the review aggregator site OpenCritic. The game's Early Access period has been running since May 15, and players haven't wasted any time getting lost in it Forza Horizon 6a stunning rendering of Japan.

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Forza Horizon 6 broke the record for the number of players on Steam during the Early Access period

According to SteamDB, Forza Horizon 6 reached a maximum number of players on Steam of 178,009 during its Early Access period. That makes it a v game Forza Horizon the series with the highest number of current players on Steam, more than doubling Forza Horizon 5a peak of 81,096. What makes it even more impressive is that Forza Horizon 5 it was released on Steam on the same day as the other platforms, so this isn't a case where the record is the result of a delayed launch. Rather, it is just complete hype created Forza Horizon 6.

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It seems inevitable that this record will be broken further in the coming week. Due to the fact that Forza Horizon 6The Early Access period is only available to Premium Edition owners, the next huge wave of players who only purchased the base game will arrive on May 19th on the normal launch date. It's unclear exactly how many players have pre-ordered the base game, but there's no doubt that when the dust settles, it will be by some margin the most played game in the series' history on Steam.

Thanks to early critical and commercial success Forza Horizon 6 becomes the third game in 2026 to receive an average rating of 90+ on OpenCritic. This makes it one of the best games of the year by some margin and joins esteemed company Lost and Found Co. and Pokemon Pokopia. There is no doubt about the qualities of the game and the next question will be whether the game will be nominated for an award at the end of the year.

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Those who are already in the game have shared their feedback with the developers of Playground Games. While the overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive, players do have some complaints Forza Horizon 6 which the studio will hopefully address in its first post-launch updates.