Modern Warfare 2 beta tops Steam charts, even though it is not yet out

The Modern Warfare 2 beta has been topping the Steam charts, even though the next Call of Duty game doesn’t actually come out until next month. This is despite the fact that there are many beta cheats in FPS games and players’ feedback about a beta preload problem.

Modern Warfare 2 beta is available on all platforms and publically. The game has been growing in popularity ahead of its full release on Oct 28. In fact, it’s very quickly risen the Steam charts on PC and shows signs of a colossal launch for the Call of Duty game.

Modern Warfare 2 beta has around 125,000 concurrent Steam players. This puts the multiplayer game below Grand Theft Auto 5 or Lost Ark. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, which has around 750,000 Steam users concurrently, is still the king in this jungle.

Modern Warfare 2 is also hovering around the top sellers list on Steam as well, at one point it was number one, but it’s now sitting at number two under Cyberpunk 2077. That seems to be in-part due to a multimedia strategy and slow trickle of updates and fixes for the game, as the Cyberpunk 2077 player count recently soared past CD Projekt Red’s peak for its fantasy game, The Witcher 3. All Modern Warfare 2 Steam stats can be found here.

The Call of Duty game is currently dividing fans, as developer Infinity Ward made it clear that the beta minimap won’t be changing to include a red dot from regular gameplay, and the studio also had the slide cancel nerfed in the multiplayer beta too.

If you want some help as we come towards the end of the Modern Warfare 2 beta don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. We have a list of the best guns in the Modern Warfare 2 beta, alongside the best M4 loadout in Modern Warfare 2  as well.