Excessive on Life Steam gross sales skyrocket alongside PC Recreation Go success

It seems like Excessive on Life Steam gross sales are off to a really robust begin. The irreverent comedy FPS recreation from Squanch Video games, based by Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland, has pushed previous Name of Obligation Fashionable Warfare 2 and FIFA 23 to take second place behind the Steam Deck on the weekly high sellers checklist, as reported by SteamDB. Maybe much more spectacular is that the Excessive on Life launch additionally noticed the sport come to Microsoft’s PC Recreation Go subscription service, but this hasn’t stopped it from promoting huge on Steam as nicely.

In its report for the week ending December 18, SteamDB lists Excessive On Life within the quantity two spot, simply behind Valve’s Steam Deck (which persistently tops the charts thanks partly to its a lot increased value level). Valve’s personal charts report it coming in at quantity three behind the newest Name of Obligation recreation in each UK and US areas, although they’re usually barely slower to replace than exterior reporting websites.

Business gross sales metrics reporter Benji Gross sales notes that Excessive on Life is the fourth most-played recreation on Xbox, coming simply behind MW2, Fortnite, and GTA V, and pushing forward of the likes of free video games Apex Legends, Roblox, and Overwatch 2. He provides that the title is “additionally performing very strongly on PC Recreation Go.”

On Microsoft’s Recreation Go ‘hottest’ lists, Excessive on Life ranks high for cloud streaming, and is second solely to the unstoppable Microsoft Solitaire Assortment on PC. It’s actually trying like a hit story for Squanch Video games, exhibiting that there’s loads of want for sweary area capturing.

Our Excessive on Life evaluation notes that the sport is a “love letter to followers of Roiland’s earlier work,” with strong capturing and artistic boss battles, however that the capturing isn’t sufficient to hold the sport when you aren’t a fan of its model of humour. Should you do determine to dip in, nonetheless, try tips on how to get the Excessive on Life secret ending to be sure you see all the pieces the sport has to supply.