Ragnarok will soon be upon us – Kratos and Atreus will finally make their way to the realm of the Aesir and battle it out with Thor and Odin. But before that, they made a pitstop to the land of the so-called Master Race, the PC realm. Expectedly, God of War's PC release has received a great reception, with Steam numbers soaring on launch day itself.
According to SteamDB, God of War garnered a high of 57,764 concurrent players on Steam within 24 hours of its launch. The all-time concurrent peak however, came the next day and currently stands at 65,403. At the time of writing, there are 47,200 concurrent players, so don't be surprised if concurrent peak goes even higher.
Much like the console version, the PC version of the game has received an overwhelmingly positive response. 50 of 51 reviews on Metacritic have been positive, with one being mixed. 16 of these reviews have given the game a score of 100 out of 100, resulting in the current Metascore sitting at 93. The user reviews tell a similar story, with a total of 8.8 out of 10, with 35 positive, one mixed, and four negative reviews. It's still early days, so expect the scores to change a bit over time.
According to God of War director Cory Barlog, this port would not have come to fruition if it wasn't for a “collective” effort from Sony’s own studios.
"I think it was the collective of studios all over saying this is a really good idea," he replied when asked about his efforts to create a God of War PC port. "Eventually, I think it reached that tipping point. When we had sent so many suggestion box suggestions that they were like, ‘I’m tired of hearing all this. Fine, we’ll do this.’ It’s a process. We’re still figuring it out as a company and as individual studios how to do this and what the process and strategy will be."
The success seen by the likes of Days Gone, Horizon Zero Dawn, and now God of War has set a precedent for Sony first party titles coming to PC. However, when asked if God of War Ragnarok will come to PC a bit sooner than its prequel, Barlog played it safe, saying, "I have no idea. Right now, we’re taking it one game at a time."