Battlefront II player count surges by 1100% on Steam, will EA take notice?

Star Wars fans are flocking to a 7-year-old game to have fun with friends as Disney releases a steady flow of TV shows and multimedia.

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Something big is happening in EA's Battlefront II: Gamers are returning to the galactic third-person shooter by the thousands. Starting in April, Battlefront II's game population has leapt meteorically. In April, according to Steam Charts, the game had 760 average daily players for the entire month, but presently Battlefront II has 9,457 average players for the month of June. The jump from April to present represents an astronomical +1143% increase in players.

It also looks like Battlefront II is so popular on Steam that it set a new concurrent peak players record in June 2025, which is surprising to say the least because the game turns 8 years old this November. Data from SteamDB indicates that Battlefront II had over 28,000 players in the last 24 hours.

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Why is this happening? Why are so many people returning to an older game, especially when it's plagued by cheaters?

Disney's flow of Star Wars multimedia is the likely answer.

The wealth of recent Star Wars content has clearly done its job; from Andor season 2's premiere on Disney+ to the Revenge of the Sith's return to theaters in April, fans are eager to continue the experience long after the movies and TV shows end. The Fortnite Galactic Battle also primed fans for more Star Wars gaming.

The real question is whether or not Electronic Arts/Disney are paying attention to this newfound engagement, and if they are, whether or not the spike in players is enough to warrant some sort of new multiplayer Star Wars game.

A new Battlefront feels unlikely now that Electronic Arts has significantly tightened its belt with aggressive cost reduction plans. EA also recently cancelled a Disney-partnered game, nixing a new Black Panther game and shutting down the studio working on it.

Plus, EA is working on multiple Star Wars games even now. The publisher currently has two titles from the sci-fi franchise in production: Zero Company, a strategy game, and Jedi 3, the third chapter in Respawn's popular action adventure Star Wars games.

Battlefront has been quite lucrative for Electronic Arts: The games had made over $3 billion in revenue as of 2021.