Valheim, Iron Gate Studio's Viking-based survival multiplayer title surpasses the two million mark, peaking over 360.000 concurrent players last weekend.
Coffee Stain Publishing e Iron Gate Studio are pleased to announce that Valheim he sold over two million copies in less than two weeks means Steam Early Access. Since the launch, which took place on February 2 2021, the game has always remained in the ranking of the best sales on the platform. Valheim He has reached a new peak of concurrent players last weekend, breaking the 360.000 threshold and winning the place of second most popular game on Steam, only surpassed by CounterStrike: GO. Valheim broke all records of simultaneous appearances of triple A titles, such as GTA V e Destiny 2.
In addition to the immense surge of simultaneous players, Valheim firmly held the applause from the players, with over 36.000 “absolutely positive” user reviews. A figure that continues to grow. Despite the success of Valheim up to now it has been amazing, this promises to be "just the beginning" and Iron Gate Studio has already prepared an “active Early Access roadmap”, promising new ecosystems, new enemies and improvements to combat, ships and more.
Valheim: from one-man project to resounding success
Created by Iron Gate Studio, Valheim was born as a passionate project of a single person: it is the CEO Richard Svensson, who started working on it in 2018. The team then grew to the size of five people by 2020. Coffee Stain, the Swedish publisher based in Skövde, took over as a publisher in 2018.
The same Svensson he said: “We weren't expecting that at all. Our goal was mostly to cover the development costs so that we could continue to keep the studio open and continue the work on Valheim. Now I imagine our future will be clear for a while. Valheim was not released quickly, it is the product of more than three years of iterative development, with the addition of new features and thorough review by a team of testers. Also, as a designer I don't like to follow conventions, but I try to go my own way. And it looks like this worked. "
“The gods are on Velheim's side” - he jokingly comments Sebastian Badylak, Executive Producer presso Coffee Stain Publishing. He continues: “We have requested an update of the sales reports to get the latest figures and they show no signs of slowing down. We sold 275.000 copies on Saturday alone and, so far, that's the highest figure. The team is working hard to meet the deadlines on the Early Access roadmap. There is still a lot of work to be done, the fruits of which will help entertain and keep players engaged, bringing on board more and more new Vikings! "
About Coffee Stain Publishing
Coffee Stain Publishing started its activities in 2017. Since then the team has worked on a small number of titles, including lo arcade shooter highly appreciated by critics Huntdown e Deep Rock Galactic, which in the early part of last year has exceeded two million in sales. Satisfactory, the otherworldly factory simulator developed and published by Coffee Stain, currently in Early Access, will soon see its launch fourth update; while Midnight Ghost Hunt, the viral 4vs4 multiplayer, is moving towards new and more frequent public alpha events ahead of the launch.
Valheim is available on Steam (in the Early Access program) for PC Windows and Linux.
