The reaction of gamers to the Steam Rogue Game Festival, which has been underway since the 2nd, is much hotter than expected. The games participating in the event occupy the best-selling worldwide rankings on Steam.
As of 1pm on the 3rd, Rogue Legacy 2 is the 2nd best-selling game in the world on Steam. Rogue Legacy 2, released on the 29th, is the sequel to Rogue Legacy, an action platformer game in the rogue-like genre. The purpose of this game is to enter a randomly generated castle and defeat monsters and bosses, and when a character dies, as in the game ‘Legacy’, the descendants inherit equipment, runes, and upgrades to attack the dungeon for generations. Even following it was released, it participated in Steam’s rogue game festival and was sold at a 20% discount, so it was proudly ranked in the top ranks.
In addition, the indie game Hollow Knight took third place following Rogue Legacy 2. This game is also an action platformer game that utilizes the characteristics of rogue-like, and has been loved for its cute graphics and high difficulty, and can be purchased at a 60% discount during this event. The rogue-like deck building card game Slay the Spire also ranked 5th in sales thanks to a 60% discount, and one of the event items, the soul-like game ‘Sekiro: Shadow Die Twice’, ranked 6th.
In addition, to commemorate the live broadcast of the expansion pack ‘Sunbreak’ on the 10th, ‘Monster Hunter Rise’ is on sale at a whopping 50% discount, occupying 6th place.
Lost Arc, who ranked 3rd in the Top 20 concurrent users on Steam, defended the ranking. In the lower ranks, Mir 4 ranked 18th with more than 50,000 concurrent users.