Back 4 Blood hit almost 100,000 concurrent players during last weekend’s beta

In case there was any doubt folks are clamouring for a new Left 4 Dead, Turtle Rock’s spiritual successor Back 4 Blood peaked at just shy of 100,000 concurrent players during last weekend’s beta period.

Available to folks who pre-ordered the game or otherwise acquired beta keys, Back 4 Blood quickly jumped into Steam’s top 10 games of the past week with a peak concurrent figure of 98,024 (via SteamDB). While that beta ends today, Turtle Rock is running a second pre-release beta this weekend, starting Thursday, August 12. That one won’t be locked behind pre-orders, either, so I’d expect to see player counts push even higher by this time next week.