Songs of Syx is not exactly the most popular game in the Valve store, but it has achieved a milestone that its creator wanted to celebrate with the community
When we talk about great successes in Steam, we usually focus on the most notable milestones of the most popular video games. However, there are many times that true triumphs come through titles as small as Songs of Syx. This ‘citybuilder’ was released four years ago in Early Access format and has always generated good impressions among players (it has 97% positive reviews). However, it seemed to have been lost forever among the immense catalog of the Valve store. She had never been as popular as she deserved. At least, until now. From overnight The number of simultaneous players has increased by 400%.
A game ‘rescued’ by a content creator
Over the last few days there has been three big reasons for the rise of popularity of Songs of Syx. The game has been on sale for the first time in its four-year history, has announced a major update that is now available in beta form, and has been promoted – altruistically – by a content creator with more than a million subscribers. on YouTube (SsethTzenntach). He video in which the game was promoted It has accumulated 1.1 million views when barely a week has passed since its publication.
If last month the game had a peak of 535 users, now it has reached its historical record with 2,956 (via SteamDB). The creator of the game, who He has developed it alone since 2015was amazed by the situation and shared a few words with the community: “Song of Syx managed to reach the Top 20 in the world on Steam and was the fourth biggest game on another store whose name must not be mentioned [GoG, no la menciona ya publicó estas declaraciones en Steam]. Basically, I made 6 months’ worth of income in just 24 hours. “I’m not gloating, but I thought some of you would be genuinely interested.”
The triumph of Songs of Syx is particularly interesting, too, because it is not a very friendly proposal for the general public. It’s about a Fantasy ‘citybuilder’ with very complex mechanics for those who are not used to the genre and which has a very unspectacular visual section. The game’s creator himself recognizes that one of his biggest tasks facing the end of Early Access is to create a tutorial. “It is often difficult for new players to adapt, which is the big problem at the moment (…) Play the free version (Demo) to see if you like it,” says the developer.
In these cases we can only recommend that you give the demo a chance that you can download for free from the Song of Syx Steam Page and then make a decision. Regardless of which one it is, I’m sure we can all agree to celebrate the success of a solo developer who is now You will be able to continue improving your video game in a much more comfortable way.
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