CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterSteam's store page lists 10 August 2023. Blizzard's July 2023 announcement, reported by Windows Central[6], named 10 August as the Steam launch date, and IGN's[4] 14 August report and Wikipedia[1] describe the launch as the preceding week.
Blizzard's free-to-play hero shooter, then called Overwatch 2 and renamed Overwatch in February 2026, arrived on Steam on 10 August 2023 and peaked above 75,000 concurrent players. It ranks 14th on Steam's most-played chart, peaking at 75,899 in the week to 2 October 2026.
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