After the share of $11B (+0,15%) has been struggling for the past 8 months, it could now be about to break free. Last Friday evening, the new game The Alters was released, which by all indications is very successful. The average Steam customer rating is currently 92% positive, well ahead of the blockbuster Frostpoint 2, which still only has 75% positive ratings.
In addition, interest in The Alters is currently still growing at a gigantic rate and it is not yet clear when the peak will be reached. While around 7,000 players jumped into the game right at release on Friday, today there are already 17,000 players active at the same time. In addition, on the streaming platform Twitch, which belongs to $AMZN (+0,13%) up to 85,000 people watched the release of the game at the same time. While The Alters has already been postponed this year and it was unclear whether the release might even be canceled, the title now seems to be developing into a surprise success.
There is also positive news from the Frostpunk sector, with the title Frostpunk 1886 currently in development, which is a remake of the classic Frostpunk. In contrast to a remaster, this means that the game will be redeveloped and improved from the ground up, while remaining true to the original gameplay. In principle, this is very promising, as the disappointment with the sequel FP2 was mainly due to artistic decisions. A return to the roots should therefore pick up the many fans of the original game and at the same time only incur manageable costs. However, the game is not due to be released until 2027. Moonlighter 2 and the new title Death Howl are also planned for this year
Meanwhile, FP2 is also a financial success despite disappointing ratings and sales figures and has already recouped all development costs after around a month. We should soon be receiving reports of over 1 million copies sold, I estimate that we are currently at sales figures of around 800-900k.
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