🚀 MarketWire | BattleBit Remastered spraying can of Whoop-ass on games industry!

How did 3 developers launch a top shooter game on Steam?

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Joseph Kim
June 21, 2023

Hello GameMakers,

This past week, BattleBit Remastered, reportedly created by just three (or four by some reports) game developers, hit #2 in the Top Revenue charts on Steam.

Who knows, maybe the shooter market isn’t so impossible to crack, given this small team of badasses has done it!

More on the game below.

Oh yeah, Tencent’s survival MMO Undawn hit #1 downloads this past week.

Top 10 Charts

  • Tencent’s Survival MMO Undawn cracks the Top Ten Downloads and captures #1 worldwide.

  • Genshin Impact also makes a giant leap to grab the #2 spot in worldwide Revenue.

  • Savvy gets dethroned by Tencent’s Undawn in the US

Top 10 Mobile Publishers

  • Can anyone take on Tencent or miHoYo? What if Roblox started mobile game publishing?

Top 5 Mobile Trending

  • People keep telling me games can’t get significant organic downloads. I think we should try to figure out what Indian Cargo Truck and Ice craft are doing…

Top 10 Steam Game Sellers

  • BattleBit: Remastered, like WTF? Huge, huge, huge props to this small indie team for whooping some ass.

🔦 Spotlight | Battlebit Remastered Hits #2 in Steam Top Sellers!

Ok, let’s get to the chase. Here’s what we know:

  • 254-player low-poly multiplayer shooter for PC

  • Heavily inspired by Battlefield

  • Built using Unity and has been in production for over 7 years

  • Just 3 developers: SgtOkiDoki (Lead Programmer), TheLiquidHorse (3D Artist), and Vilaskis (Level Designer) - Note that some publications reported 4 developers.

  • 8 modes, 18 maps, 5 classes, 45+ customizable weapons

  • 3 match size options: 32x32, 64x64, and 127x127

  • Destructible environments and vehicles

  • Selling for $14.99 on Steam

  • Ratings: Currently showing 90.42% positive reviews out of 16,852 reviews

SteamDB showing a peak of 64,795 concurrent players, wow!

Steam followers also starting to go nuclear with all of the news coverage:

To get a quick overview of the game and why so many people love it, check out this video below:

Let’s wish these guys the best of luck for continued success. Awesome work by such a small team!

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