Delta Force sweeps Steam before its free launch on consoles: 177,000 simultaneous players

The new installment of the military saga reaches record figures on PC and prepares its arrival on Xbox in August.

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Delta Force: Hawk Ops hasn’t landed on consoles yet, but its impact on Steam is already impossible to ignore. The early access version on PC has achieved a historic peak of 177,000 simultaneous players, demonstrating the enormous interest in this tactical multiplayer shooter, heir to the classic Novalogic game.

The data was registered in the latest SteamDB update, placing the game above heavyweights in the genre like Battlefield 2042 or Insurgency: Sandstorm in terms of concurrency. And the most important thing is that it has done so even without being available on platforms like Xbox or PS5. If you want to know all the details of the game, you can read our preview through the following link.

Delta Force arrives on consoles on August 19 after its success on PC

Following its debut on PC, Delta Force will officially launch on consoles on August 19, as confirmed by publisher Tencent just a few weeks ago. It will be available on Xbox Series, PS5, and also on mobile devices, with cross-play between platforms and a completely free-to-play approach.

The title combines competitive modes for up to 64 players, cooperative play against AI, and a campaign inspired by the movie Black Hawk Down, with destructible environments, class systems and progression, customization, and tactical weaponry. All of this is powered by the Unreal Engine 5.

• Warfare
  Multiplayer battles of 32 vs 32 on land, sea, and air. Includes vehicles (tanks, helicopters, boats) and unique tactical equipment. Focuses on large-scale combat, highly oriented towards teamwork.

• Operations
  A mix of classic Delta Force with the modern extraction shooter genre. Played in squads, deploying behind enemy lines to search for valuable objects, facing other players, and extracting before being eliminated. Also includes a PvE mode with challenging cooperative missions.

• Black Hawk Down
  Campaign mode that recreates the events of the 2001 movie and the classic game. You control the original Delta Force operators in intense historical combat. It’s a reimagining with current graphics and mechanics.

The community is already reacting with enthusiasm to its proposal, and with Steam servers packed, many console players are eagerly awaiting the game’s arrival. If the current pace is maintained, Delta Force could become one of the surprises of the summer on Xbox.