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Minecraft Dungeons II launch: Steam's top-selling game, 32,476 players at peak, Mixed reviews

A day after release, Minecraft Dungeons II was the best-selling game on Steam and peaked at 32,476 concurrent players, while Steam reviews sat at Mixed over PC controls and sign-in errors.

Announced
Sep 29, 2026
Published
Sep 30, 2026
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Minecraft Dungeons II key art. The game launched on September 29 on five platforms and Game Pass.

Minecraft Dungeons II key art. The game launched on September 29 on five platforms and Game Pass.

Minecraft Dungeons II key art. The game launched on September 29 on five platforms and Game Pass.Minecraft Wiki — File:MCD2_Key_Art.jpg

Confirmed

  • Top-selling game on Steam on September 30, behind Valve hardware
  • Peak of 32,476 concurrent Steam players on launch day
  • Metacritic 75 (27 reviews), OpenCritic 85
  • Steam user reviews Mixed: 57% of 3,137 positive
  • No WASD movement on PC at launch

Still unknown

  • Sales across all platforms
  • Whether a patch adds WASD or fixes sign-in errors
  • Game Pass player numbers

Top seller on Steam

Minecraft Dungeons II went on sale on September 29 at 8:00 UTC on PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Switch and Switch 2, and on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. On the morning of September 30, Steam's top-sellers list put it first among games, behind only Valve's own Steam Frame and Steam Machine hardware.

Steam alone peaked at 32,476 concurrent players on launch day, and still had about 17,000 playing at 06:00 UTC the next morning, a European early-morning low. Those are Steam figures only: Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and Game Pass players are not counted, and Mojang has not published sales.

Steam rank · Sep 30
#1 game
Peak players
32,476
Morning low
~17,000

Critics vs players

Critics are warmer than players. Metacritic lists a Metascore of 75 from 27 reviews and OpenCritic a top-critic average of 85. On Steam, 1,777 of 3,137 user reviews were positive (57%), rated Mixed.

Metacritic
75
OpenCritic
85
Steam reviews
57% · Mixed

What players complain about

The negative reviews concentrate on two things. First, movement is click-to-move only on keyboard and mouse: there is no WASD option, and creative director Måns Olson said before launch that the team knows players want it but that it does not map to a gamepad as naturally; nothing has been announced. Second, the PC version asks for a Microsoft account link, and errors 0029, 0060 and 0064 stopped some players at sign-in.

On Steam Deck and other Linux devices the game does not start yet: it depends on Microsoft Game Services, which fails under Proton. Mojang had not released a patch or a statement on any of these issues by the morning of September 30.

Frequently asked questions

How many people play Minecraft Dungeons II?

On Steam it peaked at 32,476 concurrent players on launch day. That excludes Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and Game Pass, and Mojang has not published a total.

Last verified Sep 30, 2026
Is Minecraft Dungeons II selling well?

On Steam, yes: on September 30 it was the top-selling game, behind only Valve's own hardware. No sales figure has been announced.

Last verified Sep 30, 2026
SourceSteam Charts — Top SellersValve · retrieved Sep 30, 2026

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