Game news While this game was made by one person, it now sits proudly alongside Baldur’s Gate 3 and Starfield
While some studios strive to bring out their games after years of activity, other people, alone, see the light in an unexpected way: this is entirely the case of Zeekers, which finds itself propelled to new heights. real heights for his game Lethal Company.
Lethal Company, one of the biggest trends of 2023
If you’ve hung out on Twitch or, more generally, the web and social networks in the gaming sphere, then you’ve probably seen Lethal Company. Behind this subjective view game with its rather simplistic appearance, large pixels to back it up, lies a reality, a system that has hooked millions of players: the principle is to play as a sort of scrap dealer who, with other similar players, will have to collect debris in an abandoned area as quickly as possible.
On their way, the small team will nevertheless encounter many nightmarish creatures, adding spice and a good dose of stress to the mission. By mixing fun and horror in randomly generated levels, its sole developer, Zeerkes, was able to build an impactful recipe that was brilliantly popularized on streaming platforms. Enough for the app to be among the biggest hits of last year, alongside other renowned titans.
Colossal numbers and a multi-millionaire developer
It’s the VGI analysis firm that allows us to see a little more clearly regarding the commercial success of Lethal Company: it’s simple, The co-op game is the third biggest release of 2023 in terms of sales and the ninth in terms of revenue. Yes, you read correctly !
Certainly, Lethal Company is not sold very expensively – 9.75 euros on Steam only – but the figures speak for themselves and the title therefore competes with games like Baldur’s Gate III, Hogwarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacy: it even beats big names like Overwatch 2 and Starfield in number of units sold.
Even more impressive: given that the credit goes to a single man who gave birth to the game alone, VGI declares that the latter would have won 52 million dollars in 2023. And again, the game was only released at the end of October and for less than ten euros… Yes, it’s dizzying.
This video game success story is not unique: other unique developers have won a huge jackpot after seeing their baby reach the top. We can cite Notch with Minecraft, Scott Cawthon for Five Nights at Freddy’s or even Eric Barone for Stardew Valley. We have also awarded two JV Legends for the latter two, retracing their astonishing journey: it is to be found here for Five Nights at Freddy’s and here for Stardew Valley.
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