Wednesday, June 17th 2026
Destiny 2 Soars to 2-Year High Despite Uncertainty
By now, the whole gaming industry has more or less mourned the loss of Destiny 2 in some way or another, with the game receiving its final content update on June 9 and mass layoffs expected at Bungie in the coming weeks. Destiny fans, however, seem to have not received the message or simply not cared. Following the Monument of Triumph content update, Destiny 2's performance has skyrocketed, both in terms of finances and player retention. It's hardly surprising to see Destiny still have a loyal fan base, given the recent outcry from Destiny fans for a Destiny 3 from Sony and Bungie.
According to SteamDB, Destiny 2 reached a two-year-high peak concurrent player count, at 167,867 concurrent players on the day of the update's release. While that's impressive enough on its own, Destiny 2 has also floated to the top ranks of the Steam Top Seller chart, which ranks games based on financial performance. Simultaneously, Destiny 2 climbed to third place in the Top Sellers chart for week 25 of 2026 (June 9-16), falling just short of the evergreen Counter-Strike 2 and the hot new Mecca Chameleon. While Bungie has so far decided to keep Destiny 2 online, the next step with these sorts of sunsetting operations is to shut down game servers, making the game unplayable.
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SteamDB
According to SteamDB, Destiny 2 reached a two-year-high peak concurrent player count, at 167,867 concurrent players on the day of the update's release. While that's impressive enough on its own, Destiny 2 has also floated to the top ranks of the Steam Top Seller chart, which ranks games based on financial performance. Simultaneously, Destiny 2 climbed to third place in the Top Sellers chart for week 25 of 2026 (June 9-16), falling just short of the evergreen Counter-Strike 2 and the hot new Mecca Chameleon. While Bungie has so far decided to keep Destiny 2 online, the next step with these sorts of sunsetting operations is to shut down game servers, making the game unplayable.
8 Comments on Destiny 2 Soars to 2-Year High Despite Uncertainty
Do I want it made by current-day Bungie staff? Hell no. Esp. not from whoever the writers and individuals who signed off on it who decided to throw out old lore from D1 as well as ruin almost every legendary Guardian in history in favor of making them emotionally unstable, unrelatable, weak, and in some cases, suddenly gay and reminding you of it every time. It's a literal "don't meet your heroes moment" that ruined all the epic stories and lore of things they did in the past that made them living legends in the first place. Also, the TEMU Star Wars expansion was especially awful.
At this point, a clean reset for a Destiny 3 that breaks from D2 would be preferable. Otherwise, I'd rather see some spin-offs that are more single-player oriented, and tell a more cohesive story that doesn't require me waiting 6-8 weeks for the next chapter. Heck, I'll be happy if some of those even involve playing as the Fallen, or the Cabal, or even the Hive, getting more history and background to them.
Destiny 2 had a very large fanbase, and was outperforming newer games even after the constant controversies. They let this die on the vine for some insane reason. As fans have discussed, the unique blend of FPS and MMO hasnt really been done anywhere else, Warframe is there but isn't the same kind of experience.
Sony and bungie are both run by incompetent apes.
Candles burn wildly before they go out.
Whatever happens with this franchise, I have no regrets. Most time I've ever spent in any game.