"We'll keep making Warframe if there's one player count," Digital Extremes' Megan Everett asserts. "I don't care what SteamDB says"

The 'player count' debate is, perhaps, my least favorite thing to come out of 2026. Marathon. Highguard. 1348 Ex Voto. A game's success is now, apparently, purely measured by its launch player count: if that number doesn't match some arbitrary value made up on the spot, your videogame is a certified 'flop.' While SteamDB is perfect for tracking the natural ups and downs of online multiplayer games, it isn't dogma: something that Waframe itself proves.