The release of "Destiny 2: Monument of Triumph" brought an unexpected wave of excitement across the player base. After years of ups and downs, the game suddenly saw a major boost in activity, pulling in one of its strongest Steam player counts in recent memory.
On launch day, "Destiny 2" peaked at over 167,000 concurrent players on Steam. That's the highest it has reached in about two years. It even outperformed recent expansions like "Edge of Fate" and "Renegades." For a live-service game that many thought was slowing down, the spike caught a lot of people off guard.
