![]() The research firm also says 97% of people between 18 and 24 years old are gamers, along with 90% of 25 to 35 year-olds. Niko Partners estimates that there are about 720 million game players in China. To be sure, a lot of the traffic may have come from within China, where Valve Corp’s Steam has an estimated 20 million Chinese users playing games that would otherwise have to be approved by regulators for domestic use. On Monday the number of concurrent players on Party Animals was more than twice the number playing Fall Guys. “ are increasingly looking at Steam as a way to distribute PC games beyond the Great Firewall, with titles such as Lost Castle, Bright Memory and My Time At Portia finding success globally,” he said. “Recreate Games has created a physics-based, multiplayer brawler that is fun to play, includes social and competitive elements, and is streamer friendly,” he added.Īhmad noted that Chinese developers have started developing games that appeal to the global market, with MiHoYo’s Genshin Impact a recent example. “ Party Animals builds and innovates on the same concepts that led to the global success of games such as Gang Beasts, Human Fall Flat and more recently Fall Guys,” said Daniel Ahmad, senior analyst at game consultancy Niko Partners. Given the success of the demo, Recreate Games said it is now developing a smartphone version of the game. The new game also amassed an enormous number of views on livestreaming platform Twitch, with more than 113,000 viewers – coincidentally the same as the number of players on the fourth day – tuning in to watch the game last Friday. Party Animals became the Chinese game with the highest number of concurrent players on Steam, breaking the record established by The Scroll Of Taiwu in 2018, according to Chinese media Gamelook. While Chinese video games are increasingly popular around the world, the initial success of Party Animals also reflects the rising interest in physics-based party games, a phenomenon accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic that has seen people turning to video games as a new way to socialise. While not officially released, a game demo available as a free trial from Oct 4 to 13 took the industry by storm, making it the latest party game sensation following the success of Among Us and Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. ![]() Chinese game Party Animals saw more than 113,000 players logged on simultaneously on its fourth free trial day, shattering the previous concurrent player record held by a Chinese game on the Steam platform.ĭeveloped by Recreate Games, Party Animals is a multiplayer game where players adopt the personas of dolls and puppets to brawl with friends.
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