Valve revealed that Poncle’s Vampire Survivors had a powerful launch on the Steam Deck for the month of October. Not solely did it have probably the most concurrent gamers per day, it additionally took high spot for October’s most-played recreation on the hand held total.
Vampire Survivors is a bullet hell roguelike that left Early Access and reached Version 1.0 on October 20. Suffice to say, its reputation on Steam and the PC model of Xbox Game Pass means it’s going to have legs for a very good lengthy whereas.
Other October releases with a excessive concurrent participant rely embrace Atlus’ Persona 5 Royal, Naughty Dog’s Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection and WB Montreal’s Gotham Knights. Interestingly, the latter recreation is not really verified for the Deck per Valve’s tips like Uncharted or Vampire Survivors, however that hardly appears to matter to gamers.
Persona 5 Royal might have taken second place, however its Steam Deck success validates Sega’s not too long ago acknowledged dedication to remasters and remakes. The 2020 re-release of Persona 5 got here to non-PlayStation 4 consoles in direction of the tip of October, and it has been a hotly requested title to be performed on a handheld, such because the Deck or Nintendo Switch.
Among October’s most-played Steam Deck video games after Vampire Survivors had been Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, and Stardew Valley.
Steam Deck’s most-played video games are judged by hours performed, which places some perspective Cyberpunk specifically: in September, developer CD Projekt Red boasted that the sport reached 1 million every day gamers.
Happy Halloween! Here’s a fast have a look at the highest 10 October releases performed on Steam Deck, sorted by every day common person rely.
And sure, Vampire Survivors continues to be right here as a result of they not too long ago graduated from Early Access (congrats!). pic.twitter.com/OjOfyXJJsG
— Steam Deck (@OnDeck) October 31, 2022
