Player base

[Erockbro]

Considering getting this game looks fun and unique. I am nervous about the player base. Is this game going to last or will I hop in play a few weeks and then struggle to que into a game? Thoughts?

[Loathe]

the game is cross platform so i think you will be fine i always find games at all times

[Hannibal]

Cross platform for both matchmaking and party making. Unlike Exoprimal, this game has a significantly better shot at actually getting anywhere, for a much lower price tag. And while people ♥♥♥♥♥ and complain about the $20 price tag, everything in the game is acquirable with in-game currency that's given out pretty generously level to level.

Will it remain that way in the future? Probably not for cosmetics as the life-span goes on, but it's not the first game to do that by a long shot and many games that have done exactly that are alive and well (Dark Tide for example).

[Zrehael]

Honestly, I wouldn't worry about the player base. Gigantic has a pretty devoted, if small and niche fandom. Last time the game shutdown, they got private servers up and running. But even excluding that, the private matches in the game are peer-to-peer. Get some buddies and you'll always be able to get games going.

Besides, ranked still has yet to show up and, while I'm not saying that'll be when Gigantic really takes off, I'd be willing to bet the ranked update is going to see a jump in the player count.

And, of course, there are the mentions of crossplatform, so Steamdb doesn't tell the full story. Long story short, don't expect Overwatch numbers, but you'll get games.

[Silencedmage]

Still 30 second queues

[HighLanderPony]

From over 6k to under 900 in a few weeks on Steam.

And games need multiple people per match. 4v4? 5v5? I forgot. Case in point, a single match needs 8-10 people in it.

Good luck with that in the future.

[Carnil]

for me the game is super janky... also u get paired against super sweaty 5 man premades. no fun for casual play.

[TheBluestJay]

The game is incredibly fun. If you like shooters and/or MOBAs then you'll get your money's worth in no time. So far the queues are fast, lasting no longer than 30 seconds. More often than not the matchmaking is 10-15 seconds.

[Tyler the inflator]

Originally posted by Erockbro:

Considering getting this game looks fun and unique. I am nervous about the player base. Is this game going to last or will I hop in play a few weeks and then struggle to que into a game? Thoughts?

It lost the majority of its player base in one week

[Silencedmage]

Originally posted by Maggilando:

Originally posted by Erockbro:

Considering getting this game looks fun and unique. I am nervous about the player base. Is this game going to last or will I hop in play a few weeks and then struggle to que into a game? Thoughts?

It lost the majority of its player base in one week

30 second queues.

[01-$HADOW]

Originally posted by Erockbro:

Considering getting this game looks fun and unique. I am nervous about the player base. Is this game going to last or will I hop in play a few weeks and then struggle to que into a game? Thoughts?

Ques been quick for me never had a worry about player base

[Kazul]

They messed up charging a base price.. this game should have been free. It cannot compete with the other free moba games, I just cannot see how they will be able to sustain the price of keeping servers running..

[Bubba Bubba]

Originally posted by Silencedmage:

Still 30 second queues

That doesn't sound the way you think it does. 30 second queue in a low player count game like this means that there's no matchmaking and newbies are thrown against vets/stacks, which means the newbies will leave and the game will continue dying.

[Silencedmage]

Originally posted by Akorn:

Originally posted by Silencedmage:

Still 30 second queues

That doesn't sound the way you think it does. 30 second queue in a low player count game like this means that there's no matchmaking and newbies are thrown against vets/stacks, which means the newbies will leave and the game will continue dying.

I'm neither a vet nor play in a stack, I get even matches most of the time, and maintain a 55% win rate.

The only "vets" to this game are less than 50 people from a private server that was only active 1-2 days a week the last 3-4 years. It's a new game and everyone's a noob.

Stacks do gain an advantage, but there aren't nearly as many as people think. 90% of the time I've had people complain about a stack, I inspect profiles in the post match screen, and find none. People just have bad games, bad team comps, or just bad luck, learn from your losses, and more importantly learn to have fun even when you lose.

You also have no proof that the 30 second queues are because there is no MMR matchmaking, the devs have said no such thing. And we don't know the full playerbase numbers, just the numbers steam lists, which is 1 of 5 platforms the game is sold on.

Originally posted by Kazul:

They messed up charging a base price.. this game should have been free. It cannot compete with the other free moba games, I just cannot see how they will be able to sustain the price of keeping servers running..

You are wrong.

Matchmade PvP games do not require large playerbases to have good matchmaking, free-to-play games require large playerbases to be profitable. There are a hundred dead MoBAs for every LoL and DoTA, there are a hundred dead Hero Shooters for every Overwatch and Paladins. Most F2P games do not get a large playerbase to survive, in fact pretty much anything outside the top 5 of any given genre, and die out the gate to monetization issues.

As a buy to play game, it can survive for longer on a smaller amount of players, and steam is full of far more games that do so than massive F2P titles, of which there are very very few successes.

[bnjmnwilliam]

yo ngl its not looking tight in 2024 been waiting for 10 minutes

[Juminer]

Originally posted by bnjmnwilliam:

yo ngl its not looking tight in 2024 been waiting for 10 minutes

that sucks it finds me a match in like 30 seconds. make sure u have crossplay on