Loop Hero, the surprisingly addictive endless RPG, sells half a million copies in a week

Loop Hero, the surprisingly addictive endless RPG, sells half a million copies in a week

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A week ago, a surprisingly endless RPG about the end of the world released on Steam, published by Devolver. Now, just seven days later, Loop Hero has sold half a million copies. Loop Hero puts you in the shoes of a hero who awakens in a world totally destroyed, but to an empty circular path infested with slimy enemies. As they leave the circuit, they fight enemies and gain memories of a world in the form of cards – equipment and terrain. Putting them on brings back elements remembered from the empty world, creating new powers for the hero, but also new monsters to fight. Loop Hero turns out to be a combination of a rogue, a deck builder, a strategy game and an RPG as you place cards, change your equipment builds, fight, retreat or die, and return to camp to slowly build your powers for your next race.

With half a million players now and an average playing time of 12 hours, that makes an estimated 3 trillion hours played and 18 billion loops, at least (at least, according to Devolver. Which may be slightly exaggerating this last part). His soundtrack is also the best selling in the history of Devolver.Developer Four Quarters has launched a new set of Steam collectible cards to celebrate the milestone, and is currently working on more quality of life updates for Loop Hero, such as an improved rescue system, new speed settings and new rewards of the bosses – as well as more content to come down, including new cards, classes and transformations.

“When we first found Loop Hero, it led to a 98% drop in Devolver productivity,” the publisher said in a statement. “We cannot thank the Four Quarters enough for giving us the opportunity to share their incredible game with the rest of the world. They deserve all the praise they have received so far, but seriously, we haven’t gotten any work done and may never recover. of this. “

Loop Hero is now available on Steam, and on our Loop Hero wiki, we have a Loop Hero walkthrough to help you survive your journey down the mysterious path of the game. To find out more about the great success, check out our video on the * cleared throat * “roguelite deck building RPG idle gothic chiptune story-based pixel art”.

Rebekah Valentine is an IGN reporter. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.

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