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Overwatch — the game formerly known as Overwatch 2 — is enjoying something of a revival right now, hitting its highest concurrent peak on Steam since its 2022 launch.
While the game has yet to enter its “new, story-driven era” with a year-long narrative, 10 new heroes, and a major overhaul — all that goes live starting from tomorrow, February 10, although we did get to meet Anran over the weekend — the promise of new content has fans jumping back into the game after Overwatch 2 ditched the 2 last week, leaving us with the name Overwatch. Again.
SteamCharts suggests the game averaged a concurrent peak of around 40,000 since November, albeit with a 50K peak in December. In the last 30 days, however, this has shot up to 69,135 players, making February 2026 the busiest month for Overwatch since its launch, which saw a peak of 75,361 people. That’s an almost 11% increase and we’re not even halfway through the month yet.
Announced last week at the Overwatch Spotlight, Blizzard revealed its first year-long storyline, The Reign of Talon, which will focus on the antagonistic faction Talon as it takes over around the world, while Overwatch continues
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