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Updated · Screen Rant · Jun 29

Cyberpunk 2077 Climbs to 88,000 Steam Players as Edgerunners Season 2 Reveal Rekindles Interest

Updated

Updated · Screen Rant · Jun 29

Cyberpunk 2077 Climbs to 88,000 Steam Players as Edgerunners Season 2 Reveal Rekindles Interest

Q: Why does CDPR’s CEO believe the game's redemption is incomplete despite its massive sales and recent resurgence?

CDPR’s co-CEO Michał Nowakowski says the redemption is still incomplete because, in his view, the studio has not fully regained the trust it lost at launch. Even with Cyberpunk 2077 now selling 35 million copies, Phantom Liberty adding at least 10 million more, and Steam player numbers surging again, Nowakowski has said he is “not 100 percent convinced” the game has completed its redemption arc. His concern is not commercial performance but reputation: he believes some players were so disappointed by the game’s broken 2020 release that their faith in CDPR may be gone “indefinitely.” That launch damaged a studio image that had been exceptionally strong after The Witcher 3. While years of patches, the 2.0 overhaul, and Phantom Liberty have changed the conversation around Cyberpunk 2077, Nowakowski appears to see redemption as something broader than sales or player counts. For him, it means fully restoring credibility with the audience, and he does not think that has happened yet. He has suggested that the real test will be future releases. In other words, CDPR may only complete that redemption if upcoming games such as The Witcher 4 and the Cyberpunk sequel prove the company has learned from Cyberpunk 2077’s troubled debut.

3 articles · Updated · Screen Rant · Jun 29

About 88,000 players were concurrently in Cyberpunk 2077 on Steam after Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 was officially revealed, extending the game's latest resurgence.
That peak topped the roughly 70,000 concurrent users recorded on June 25, with the anime announcement appearing to add fresh momentum beyond the game's recent baseline.
Steam interest was already elevated by a 70% discount that pushed the game to about 87,000 players earlier on June 29 and made it a top-five seller by revenue.
Edgerunners' first 2022 season previously lifted the game's sales and visibility, and fans now expect CD Projekt Red to pair Season 2's Q4 2026 debut with an update or crossover.