{"id":2086236,"date":"2026-08-10T11:41:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T08:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2086236"},"modified":"2026-08-10T11:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T08:41:23","slug":"the-division-resurgence-the-free-to-play-mobile-off-shoot-is-now-on-steam-and-players-are-confused-and-a-little-miffed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2086236","title":{"rendered":"The Division Resurgence, the free-to-play mobile off-shoot, is now on Steam and players are confused and a little miffed"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">The Division Resurgence, the free-to-play mobile off-shoot, is now on Steam and players are confused and a little miffed<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Give me another Clancy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/the-division-resurgence-screen-1.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"the-division-resurgence-screen-1.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Ubisoft.<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Senior Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-10T11:41:23+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 10, 2026, 11:41 a.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"2e588a51-b6a1-4ed1-a969-ccc55d958578\" data-name=\"The Division: Resurgence\" data-follow-text=\"Follow The Division: Resurgence\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following The Division: Resurgence\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow The Division: Resurgence\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following The Division: Resurgence\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow The Division: Resurgence\" title=\"Follow The Division: Resurgence\"><br \/>\n  Follow The Division: Resurgence<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The Division Resurgence is a name you may have forgotten. In the sea of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisofts-free-to-play-shooter-the-division-heartland-cancelled-three-years-after-being-announced\">announced-then-cancelled<\/a> off-shoots <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/splinter-cell-vr-and-ghost-recon-frontline-cancelled\">based on Ubisoft&#8217;s biggest franchises<\/a>, Resurgence was one of the few to actually make it to release.<\/p>\n<p>The free-to-play loot shooter has been available on iOS and Android since March, and later made its way to PC in April &#8211; though only on Ubisoft&#8217;s Connect launcher in early access. Resurgence then arrived on Steam last week, though despite Ubisoft announcing the Steam release <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/3749720\/view\/696514845224207227\">in June<\/a> you may not have noticed given how little fanfare surrounded it.<\/p>\n<p>Player reactions on Steam are about as negative as you&#8217;d expect, with many questioning why Ubisoft released a game clearly designed for mobile devices on PC in the first place. At the time of writing, it&#8217;s sitting at a &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3749720\/The_Division_Resurgence\/#app_reviews_hash\">Mixed<\/a>&#8216; rating with nearly 1,600 user reviews.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Honestly\u2026 just get the regular game you need to pay for. This one is just way too wonky as a mobile port of the regular first Division game and the play style just overall sucks to deal with,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/id\/IcyNightMedic\/recommended\/3749720\">one review<\/a> reads.<\/p>\n<p>Others shared criticisms about the game&#8217;s free-to-play aspects, which they say contribute to a worse experience.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All the loot is locked behind daily completions, and you only get to do those maybe four-five times a day. Then the game scales the xp and rewards down hard,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/id\/44688377\/recommended\/3749720\">another review<\/a> reads.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the volume of user reviews, player turnout hasn&#8217;t been all that. The game peaked at just 4,117 concurrent players on Steam (via <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/3749720\/charts\/\">SteamDB<\/a>) at launch, and its 24-hour peak is even lower.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"The Division Resurgence: Official Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WhE68uZi1Bw?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/WhE68uZi1Bw\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">The Division Resurgence: Official Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WhE68uZi1Bw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The reactions are understandable when you consider that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-division-2-kicks-off-10th-anniversary-year-with-the-division-2-survivors-an-updated-take-on-the-survival-extraction-experience\">Ubisoft continues to support The Division 2<\/a>, the mainline sequel that&#8217;s been running since 2019. The game even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-division-2-breaks-its-own-concurrent-steam-record-7-years-after-it-was-first-released\">broke its all-time concurrent record on Steam earlier this year<\/a>. Indeed, the original Division also remains playable on PC.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Resurgence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-shows-off-free-to-play-mobile-shooter-the-division-resurgence-in-new-gameplay-video\">was initially announced back in 2022<\/a>, when it was expected to arrive in 2024. That obviously never came to be. Seeing as it&#8217;s mostly based on the first game&#8217;s New York map, you may be better off playing The Division 1.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, part of the reason this release has rubbed players the wrong way so noticeably is likely Ubisoft&#8217;s lack of updates on The Division 3. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-quietly-confirms-its-working-on-the-division-3\">having been announced in 2023<\/a>, the developer-publisher has been largely silent on the project. Notably, creative director and longtime franchise lead Julian Gerighty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-division-3-creative-director-has-suddenly-left-to-join-battlefield-studios\">departed earlier this year<\/a>, though <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UbiMassive\/status\/2012157010784186856\">Ubisoft released a statement at the time<\/a> assuring fans development remains on track.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our teams who built this world with Julian are still here, carrying it forward with an ambitious, unchanged commitment for the future of The Division 2, The Division 2: Survivors, The Division Resurgence, and The Division 3,&#8221; the company said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The Division Resurgence is a name you may have forgotten. In the sea of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisofts-free-to-play-shooter-the-division-heartland-cancelled-three-years-after-being-announced\">announced-then-cancelled<\/a> off-shoots <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/splinter-cell-vr-and-ghost-recon-frontline-cancelled\">based on Ubisoft&#8217;s biggest franchises<\/a>, Resurgence was one of the few to actually make it to release.<\/p>\n<p>The free-to-play loot shooter has been available on iOS and Android since March, and later made its way to PC in April &#8211; though only on Ubisoft&#8217;s Connect launcher in early access. Resurgence then arrived on Steam last week, though despite Ubisoft announcing the Steam release <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/3749720\/view\/696514845224207227\">in June<\/a> you may not have noticed given how little fanfare surrounded it.<\/p>\n<p>Player reactions on Steam are about as negative as you&#8217;d expect, with many questioning why Ubisoft released a game clearly designed for mobile devices on PC in the first place. At the time of writing, it&#8217;s sitting at a &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3749720\/The_Division_Resurgence\/#app_reviews_hash\">Mixed<\/a>&#8216; rating with nearly 1,600 user reviews.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Honestly\u2026 just get the regular game you need to pay for. This one is just way too wonky as a mobile port of the regular first Division game and the play style just overall sucks to deal with,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/id\/IcyNightMedic\/recommended\/3749720\">one review<\/a> reads.<\/p>\n<p>Others shared criticisms about the game&#8217;s free-to-play aspects, which they say contribute to a worse experience.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All the loot is locked behind daily completions, and you only get to do those maybe four-five times a day. Then the game scales the xp and rewards down hard,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/id\/44688377\/recommended\/3749720\">another review<\/a> reads.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the volume of user reviews, player turnout hasn&#8217;t been all that. The game peaked at just 4,117 concurrent players on Steam (via <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/3749720\/charts\/\">SteamDB<\/a>) at launch, and its 24-hour peak is even lower.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"The Division Resurgence: Official Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WhE68uZi1Bw?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/WhE68uZi1Bw\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">The Division Resurgence: Official Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WhE68uZi1Bw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The reactions are understandable when you consider that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-division-2-kicks-off-10th-anniversary-year-with-the-division-2-survivors-an-updated-take-on-the-survival-extraction-experience\">Ubisoft continues to support The Division 2<\/a>, the mainline sequel that&#8217;s been running since 2019. The game even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-division-2-breaks-its-own-concurrent-steam-record-7-years-after-it-was-first-released\">broke its all-time concurrent record on Steam earlier this year<\/a>. Indeed, the original Division also remains playable on PC.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Resurgence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-shows-off-free-to-play-mobile-shooter-the-division-resurgence-in-new-gameplay-video\">was initially announced back in 2022<\/a>, when it was expected to arrive in 2024. That obviously never came to be. Seeing as it&#8217;s mostly based on the first game&#8217;s New York map, you may be better off playing The Division 1.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, part of the reason this release has rubbed players the wrong way so noticeably is likely Ubisoft&#8217;s lack of updates on The Division 3. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-quietly-confirms-its-working-on-the-division-3\">having been announced in 2023<\/a>, the developer-publisher has been largely silent on the project. Notably, creative director and longtime franchise lead Julian Gerighty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-division-3-creative-director-has-suddenly-left-to-join-battlefield-studios\">departed earlier this year<\/a>, though <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UbiMassive\/status\/2012157010784186856\">Ubisoft released a statement at the time<\/a> assuring fans development remains on track.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our teams who built this world with Julian are still here, carrying it forward with an ambitious, unchanged commitment for the future of The Division 2, The Division 2: Survivors, The Division Resurgence, and The Division 3,&#8221; the company said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News The Division Resurgence, the free-to-play mobile off-shoot, is now on Steam and players are confused and a little miffed Give me another Clancy. Image credit: Ubisoft. 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