However, it turns out that just adding more servers would not actually help rectify this congestion. Park explained that Lost Ark has a “limit to how many peak concurrent players it can support in any one universe, or region”. As such, there just isn’t the option to add more servers to Europe Central. This popularity saw Lost Ark become Steam’s second-biggest concurrently played game ever, with only PUBG ahead of it. Eurogamer’s Robert Purchese said he was “impressed” by Lost Ark, complementing its “lovely touches” and depth of combat.
