Split Fiction sets a record for EA's highest concurrent players for a premium game at 254,756 on Steam. The game's unique Friend's Pass feature allows for cooperative play, potentially increasing player count. While not free-to-play like Apex Legends, Split Fiction's success suggests strong commercial potential for EA.

As I write this sentence, the latest co-op adventure game from Hazelight, Split Fiction, hasn’t even been out for 48 hours. Yet based on player count numbers, Metacritic rankings, reviews, and player ratings,

Hazelight's Split Fiction has established a new concurrent player high on Steam for publisher Electronic Arts.

Your partner will need to find Friend's Pass on their gaming platform of choice's store and install it, though it's just a free program (here's a link the Steam PC version, for instance). Some posts on the Split Fiction Discord have the Friend's Pass installed and just need a game owner to come and play with.

Hazelight's Split Fiction has rapidly climbed EA's Steam charts, quickly becoming the publisher's second most-played game on the platform.

After rolling out to critical acclaim, Split Fiction quickly sets a new Steam record for developer Hazelight Studios within a day of launch.

Split Fiction was just released on all platforms on March 6, and it appears fans cannot get enough of the co-op adventure already.

This same idea applies to many of the game's impeccable boss fights. It's a true struggle to think of another game with such a diverse and creative collection of baddies to defeat