Rust has topped Steam's Best Sellers list this week, knocking꧂ Cyberpunk 2077 off the top spot after seven weeks.
To say the open-world, survival game Rust has experienced somewhat of a resurgence this past few weeks would be putting it lightly. The game continues to bring in hundreds of thousands of new players, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:doubling its player count on a weekly basis. It's also doing incredibly wꦅell financially, having earned developer Facepunch Studios .
As a result, the game is now Steam's best selling game based on revenue. Rust skyrocketed onto the best sellers list last week debuting at fourth place but has now topped the list, knocking Cyberpunk 2077 off first place after having dominated the position for seven weeks. It's an incredible achievement for a game that came out of early access nearly three years ago to earn more on Steam than one of the hottest games around at the minute, despite Cyberpunk's 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:bug-ridden launch.
Most of Rust's success has been down to the game's renewed popularity on Twitch after a number of high-profile streamꦛers started playing the game together. At the t꧂ime of writing, Rust currently has the highest number of viewers out of any other category on Twitch, and double the number of viewers of second-placed Just Chatting.
The pandemic is also unquestionably another key factor in why games like Rust are seeing renewed popularity. Almost every single one of the most popular games from last year is multiplayer-focused in some way. Games like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Animal Crossing: New Horizons, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Fall Guys, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Phasmophobia, and Among Us all offer social interaction in a time w🦂here meeting each other in person is becoming increasingly difficult and dangerous.
The similarities between Rust and Among Us are too many to ignore. B🐭oth games have had less than stellar launch periods, but have been catapulted into the spotlight down to the efforts of Twitch streamers. It's incredible to see just how much influence Twitch streamers have a♚nd how the rise of a game's popularity on Twitch can affect sales.