On the weekend before its official release, "Forza Horizon 6" opened early access to players who purchased the $120 Premium Edition. On the first day of early access, the peak number of simultaneous online players on Steam exceeded 172,000. The game was officially released globally on May 19. As of about 9 hours after the release, the number of simultaneous online players of "Forza Horizon 6" on the Steam platform once climbed to 273,148. The first-day performance was significantly better than the peak record of 81,086 players set by the previous game in the same series, "Forza Horizon 5" in 2022.
The report pointed out that "Waterworld 2", which was just launched on Steam and Xbox Series console platforms in early access form a few days ago, had more than 467,000 simultaneous online users on Steam on the day of release. This data provides a comparison reference for the popularity of "Forza Horizon 6" on its first day. Since this game is simultaneously launched on Xbox Series
Judging from player feedback, the Steam user evaluation of "Forza Horizon 6" currently maintains a favorable rate of about 86%, and the overall reputation tends to be positive. In terms of technical performance, this game, which uses the self-developed ForzaTech engine, has performed brilliantly in performance tests on handheld devices and high-performance PC platforms. Official reviews believe that it has shown good optimization levels in different hardware environments.