After a five-day Early Access period, the sci-fi MMO - which is developed by Funcom - got its full release on 10 June for PC, and has already managed to attract nearly 200,000 players, with a peak concurrent user number on Valve’s platform standing at 189,333.

This makes Dune: Awakening the sixth most-played game by current players on Steam, with Counter-Strike 2, PUBG: Battlegrounds and Dota 2 continuing to dominate the platform.

Dune: Awakening is currently trailing behind Stella Blade on Steam, which launched on PC on 11 June and has so far peaked at 192,078 concurrent players.

When Dune: Awakening released on Steam in Early Access on 5 June, the title managed to reach nearly 100,000 concurrent players.

The game is also set to launch on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S later this year.

Dune: Awakening was initially due to launch on 20 May, though Funcom pushed back the launch to give the team “a bit more time to cook”.

In a statement posted to X (formerly Twitter), the official Dune: Awakening account wrote: “Our ongoing Persistent Closed Beta is continuing in full force, with regular updates, and the feedback we’ve been collecting from beta testers has been invaluable in making sure we can launch a quality game.

“Thanks to this process, we’ve concluded that with a bit more time to cook, we can act on a lot more of the feedback we know is important to our beta testers.”