Elden Ring’s player engagement is through the roof: Over 45% of its Steam players have played for 100+ hours
Elden Ring is one of the most successful premium games of all time.
I’ve played around 1k hours of Europa Universalis IV and I’ve never completed a campaign (gotten to the last year in the game), because I find I’ve completed my goals about halfway or two thirds of the way through the time line. The same goes for most Civ games, I just quit and restart once I know I’ve won.
I imagine Elden Ring is similar for many people, they play a character for a couple dozen hours and restart with a new character.
Depends on your definition of “direct.”
I’ve played around 1k hours of Europa Universalis IV and I’ve never completed a campaign (gotten to the last year in the game), because I find I’ve completed my goals about halfway or two thirds of the way through the time line. The same goes for most Civ games, I just quit and restart once I know I’ve won.
I imagine Elden Ring is similar for many people, they play a character for a couple dozen hours and restart with a new character.