Remedy's Control Resonant launches and tops 40,000 concurrent players on Steam

Remedy Entertainment released Control Resonant, the sequel to Control, on September 24, 2026. Early player numbers on Steam were several times higher than the original game's best, according to TechSpot and equity research firm Inderes.

The launch

According to Remedy's launch announcement, Control Resonant is available digitally on Steam, the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Physical editions for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S follow on October 15, 2026, and a Mac version is planned for later in 2026.

The standard edition costs $59.99, €59.99 or £49.99, and the Digital Deluxe Edition costs $69.99, €69.99 or £59.99, Remedy says. A physical SteelBook Edition is priced the same as the Deluxe Edition. Annapurna Pictures co-financed and co-produced the game.

Players control Dylan Faden as he confronts a supernatural crisis in a reality-warped Manhattan, using a shapeshifting melee weapon called the Aberrant. The band Apocalyptica contributed the opening credits track, 'Upperhand'.

Creative director Mikael Kasurinen described the game this way: "It's ambitious, a little wild, thought-provoking and was never easy to create, but easy was never the goal!"

Early player numbers

TechSpot reports that Control Resonant peaked at about 42,799 concurrent players on Steam, compared with a peak of 9,193 for Control Ultimate Edition, and that it opened as Steam's top-selling game. Inderes gives a slightly different Steam peak of 40,842 players, with 30,000 to 40,000 average concurrent players during peak hours.

TechSpot also reports that the game ranked in PlayStation 5's top 10 sellers in 20 territories and was approaching 4,000 Steam reviews with a 'Very Positive' rating. Inderes says the game has become "a top-selling game on the PlayStation Store and Steam, with positive player feedback," and lists an 87% positive score on Steam and a 4.79 out of 5 rating on the PlayStation Store.

Neither TechSpot nor Inderes reports an official sales total from Remedy. Inderes, which covers Remedy as a listed company, estimates 1.9 million copies sold in 2026 and raised its target price for the company's shares to EUR 23.0 from EUR 21.0. These are analyst estimates, not company figures.

Why it matters

Control Resonant is the sequel to Control, and its Steam peak was more than four times that of Control Ultimate Edition. No official sales total from Remedy was reported in the coverage, so analyst estimates are the main guide to how many copies it has sold so far.

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