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If you mean in player count, that's normal. Peak is always during launch day, then there's a long tail, and very successful games might slowly rise after a cou
by sph 4y ago
If you mean in player count, that's normal.
Peak is always during launch day, then there's a long tail, and very successful games might slowly rise after a couple years and surpass the launch peak.
While Dwarf Fortress has had a fantastic launch, it will never be a wildly popular game to increase its player base by much more than its release, especially in the oversaturated gaming market of today.
- smcl 4y agoYeah there's always a fairly substantial drop-off. Dwarf Fortress[0] dropping by half from 14k on average down to 7k one month later is roughly the same as Elden Ring[1] (522k to 211k) but on a slightly different scale [0] - https://steamcharts.com/app/975370 https://steamcharts.com/app/975370 [1] - https://steamcharts.com/app/1245620 https://steamcharts.com/app/1245620
- Nzen 4y agoIf you would like to hear an analysis of these two trends, Jason Rohrer goes over launch day sales for a game he released in 2014 and 2018 in this gdc talk [0]. [0] https://youtu.be/sIqz5xmQKnc?t=506 https://youtu.be/sIqz5xmQKnc?t=506 While the entire video is 32 minutes, the relevant section is about 5 minutes.