The global release of Last Epoch took palce on February 21st, a hack-and-slash RPG game developed by Eleventh Hour Games. The title had been in early access for over five years and was fully launched just a week ago. Last Epoch has caught the attention of many top Twitch streamers, and thanks to them the game claimed high positions in the platform's game rankings. Streams Charts provides detailed statistics on the game amid release.
Last Epoch streams accumulated over 1.6M Hours Watched on Twitch on the day of the global release, thus securing it the seventh spot in the platform's category rankings that day. By February 27th, Last Epoch had already generated 11.3M HW, maintaining its position in the top 10 by the metric.
Following the first week of release, Last Epoch claimed the seventh spot, surpassing Dota 2, Call of Duty: Warzone and Minecraft. Since the Last Epoch is similar to Diablo IV and Path of Exile, it's unsurprising that the game has captured the attention of many popular streamers who are fans of Action RPGs.
During the first week, the leader in peak viewership for Last Epoch streams was zackrawrr (Asmongold's second channel), whose stream attracted over 29.7K Peak Viewers. Quin69 generated the most Hours Watched, while Towelliee currently holds the lead in terms of broadcast time. Among other popular Twitch streamers, broadcasts of Last Epoch were also conducted by LIRIK, shroud, elxokas, CohhCarnage, and forsen.
Let's also take a look at how well-received the Last Epoch release was compared to other big February launches. For instance, Last Epoch had more Hours Watched and unique channels than the space shooter Helldivers 2. However, titles showed opposite dynamics over time: Last Epoch lost its audience faster and began trailing behind Helldivers 2 in all aspects within a week, including the number of unique channels and peak viewership.
The day before Last Epoch release, the adventure survival game Nightingale was launched in early access. On February 21st, both titles amassed nearly identical numbers on Twitch, occupying adjacent positions in the rankings. However, Nightingale began to decline significantly by the following day and had fallen out of the top 30 by February 23rd. Many popular streamers — such as shroud, LIRIK, Squeezie, zackrawrr, and CohhCarnage — also broadcasted Nightingale, but most of them switched to Last Epoch. Nightingale's early access Twitch viewership could have been considerably higher, but the game faced tough competition from another title.
