Developer Gameloft has introduced that its latest title, Disney Dreamlight Valley, has reached 1 million gamers. The free-to-play recreation is in Early Access and first launched on September 6.
“We’re overjoyed to see you uncover what it means to stay magically,” wrote Gameloft. “Thank you in your pleasure, suggestions and sharing the sport with your folks. This is only the start!”
It’s not unusual for an Early Access recreation to seek out fast success, comparable to this 12 months’s V Rising. However, Dreamlight Valley is notable in being Early Access on PC, Mac, and consoles. And if its SteamDB web page is any indication, it might be console gamers who’re main the cost on the sport’s recognition.
Dreamlight Valley is a life simulation recreation whereby gamers make their very own properties and assist Disney characters like Mickey, Moana, and Ariel, get well their misplaced reminiscences by hanging out with them. Earlier within the week, Gameloft revealed a roadmap that can embody content material from Disney classics The Lion King and Toy Story.
For Disney, the success of Dreamlight additional exhibits that the megacorporation can stand in video games by itself. In current years, its greatest recreation success have come from crossovers or IP it is acquired, comparable to Marvel or Star Wars. This new recreation confirms that the megacorporation could make its personal characters and movies a hit in video games on their very own phrases.
And exterior of Disney, this marks one other success this 12 months to licensed video games. Warner Bros. has discovered related success with Player First’s IP preventing recreation, MultiVersus.
Today we’re proud to share that we’ve welcomed over 1 Million Villagers to #DisneyDreamlightValley!
We’re overjoyed to see you uncover what it means to #LiveMagically. Thank you in your pleasure, suggestions and sharing the sport with your folks. This is only the start!✨ pic.twitter.com/BC1bhyZBQm
— Disney Dreamlight Valley (@DisneyDLV) September 15, 2022
