When Pax Dei was officially announced with a breathtaking trailer, not many of us would have imagined the game losing a big portion of its player base within months after launch into Early Access, but this is now a reality!
Based on the data provided by SteamCharts, the peak concurrent players number for Pax Dei has been gradually reducing since June 2024, when the game became available on Steam. While Pax Dei hit an all-time high of over 11,000 players on the platform at launch, the peak number has only managed to hit nearly 2,000 in September 2024 so far. This is a decline as big as almost 82%.
Looking at the average concurrent players, things don’t look good either, as the number has been reduced by almost 84% from an average of 6,500 players down to only a bit over 1,000 players.
Pax Dei is quite an ambitious project with so many features in the pipeline, which is probably one of the reasons why players are not satisfied with the game at the moment. These numbers could see a surge when a major patch deploys, but the development process for this MMO project seems to be quite long.
At the moment, some of the gameplay mechanics such as harvesting and crafting are already available. Players can also start to build their own house and decorate it.
That being said, a quick look at the Steam reviews will tell you that the community is quite divided on some of the game mechanics, especially the heavy grind for obtaining resources and leveling up.
At its current state, Pax Dei does not feature a long list of quests or objectives, which makes a game that non-creative players could get bored of pretty quickly, and that probably explains why it loses players over time.
Pax Dei is available in three different editions in Early Access, and the cheapest version costs $39.99. The developers expect the Early Access period to last at least until June 2025.
