Ubisoft’s recent delivery of a solid roadmap for The Division 2 through 2026 has led to a sudden and sizeable uptick in Steam players. In the days leading up to Ubisoft’s recent celebration of The Division as a ten-year-old franchise, the player count sat at around 3,500 on Steam. In the last 24 hours, the game hit 18,393 concurrent users, a new all-time high.
That’s a marked increase of more than 400% in just a few days, and it’s nothing if not indicative of the excitement fans have for The Division 2’s 2026 roadmap.
The Division 2 is Blowing Up in 2026
The Division 2 has never gained too much traction on Steam, but that’s mostly because the lion’s share of PC traffic sits within Ubisoft’s own storefront and launcher. It has been more than three years since the 2019 MMO-based tactical shooter hit Valve’s platform, and in that time, the highest peak it ever reached was 14,000 players, for a brief period.
But yesterday, The Division 2 rocketed to 18,393 concurrent players.
It’s not just on Steam where the numbers are flying, though. In the last couple of days, The Division 2 has stormed up the Twitch charts, hitting heights that the game hadn’t previously touched since 2021. More than 37,000 viewers were tuned into The Division 2 content at the same time, just to see Ubisoft divulge the roadmap.
While that event caused the surge, the numbers have remained better after the reveal. The game was sitting at around 4,500 viewers at the time of writing, which isn’t bad, considering last year, it was rarely able to push out of the three-digit-viewer mark.
In case you’re wondering, The Division 2’s roadmap is looking pretty nuts:
- Crossplay is being implemented for the first time
- There’s a new DLC taking users to Central Park (also for the first time)
- Survivors is offering a rebuilt extraction-survival experience
- Classified Assignments are returning
There’s plenty to take away from the full roadmap.
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