Forza Horizon 5 was one of Xbox's biggest releases last year, as Microsoft's Forza sub-series has really hit its stride. Just over half a year on since launch, the game has now seen over 20 million players blast around its open world rendition of Mexico.
The figure comes from the game's 'Hall of Fame' leaderboard, which when filtered globally, shows all Forza Horizon 5 players. That player count has just ticked over 20 million, which is a pretty staggering amount!
This does, of course, include Game Pass numbers and isn't indicative of sales figures. Still, it's an impressive number and shows that the Forza series is still as popular as ever.
Speaking of sales figures, Microsoft will no doubt be looking at leveraging this huge player base when it comes to Forza Horizon 5 DLC. An expansion pass for the game has been on sale since launch, for roughly $35, and we've not seen any expansion news just yet. The Xbox Games Showcase is right around the corner though, where we're expecting the first Forza Horizon 5 expansion to crop up.
Are you still cruising around in Forza Horizon 5? Waiting for DLC? Let us know down below.
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Picked it up again a couple of times in the last few weeks, for achievement related Quests, having initially put it down after a few days. Got to say it feels like there are a million map markers and i'm completely lost about what i'm meant to be doing next. Still had fun driving round doing the odd challenge but with no aim.
Hoping for some game changing DLC at the showcase. Something that completely changes up the formula like Hot Wheels.
@themightyant Yeh it can be overwhelming if you haven’t picked it up for a while, too too though press RB to bring up the filter system and remove all then just add in the event you want to concentrate on. Lifesaver when you’re trying to get through a specific event and much cleaner. Hope that helps
@Giantkiller Thanks. I am aware of the filter but don't necessarily know which ones continue the festival. Also i'd prefer to just filter out all the map markers that aren't around me so I can focus on those within a 1/2/3/4/5 km radius or similar in addition to the filter.
There's about 4 or 5 progress screens of things to do and it's just information overload at the moment.
Congratulations to Playground Games.
20m is still a LOT of reach and if you are looking to sell extra content, having 20m people in your 'store', having fun and not having already spent a LOT of money for that enjoyment could be a LOT more lucrative than 4-5m sales over a lifetime and few of those willing to spend more on DLC etc.
Its still impressive to reach 20m players in such a relatively short time regardless of Game Pass. Maybe that will help in 'Public' votes for Games of the Year as more will have played than many critically acclaimed games that win critic votes but barely anyone has played (like Returnal for example)
@themightyant Yeh that’s a cool
Idea. The best part about horizon though is you don’t need to do things in order, you can unlock things and still continue on the path you’re on. I’d say just pick a race series type and just focus on that then once finished move to the next one, maybe do some XP boards or speed challenges in between to break it up. It’s a great game for chilling out on, i usually pick it up when I get stressed with COD/FIFA/Fortnite lol
Hell of a game just like 4. I find myself just driving around exploring roads or doing dumb stuff vs actually playing the races most of the time i play. A great way to just chill out, which is what everyone needs sometimes.
Well done Playground games for creating the only true AAA Xbox studio game within coming up to 2 years of the series consoles release.
Very talented, focused and well managed studio.
At lot can be learnt from this studio.
Could not be more proud of Playground games.
About 300 to 350 staff and UK 🇬🇧 based studio.
Thank you for the driving joy over many years.
The game is amazing. Oh and it looks sexy as heck. Best looking game on console.
@Giantkiller Yeah the map can be a real mess if you are just trying to focus on one thing. I always remove everything but the one thing I am trying to do with the filter.
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