Surprisingly Addicting Endless RPG Loop Hero Sells Half a Million Copies In One Week

A week ago, a surprising little end-of-the-world RPG on the end of the world launched on Steam, published by Devolver. Now, just seven days later, Loop Hero has sold half a million copies. Loop Hero puts you in the shoes of a hero who awakens to a completely destroyed world but to an empty circular path infested with slimy enemies. As they move around the loop, they battle enemies and collect mementos of a world in the form of maps – both gear and terrain. Placing them brings back elements recalled from the empty world, creating new powers for the hero but also new monsters to fight. Loop Hero ends up being a combination of rogue, deck builder, strategy game, and RPG as you place cards, change your gear build, fight, retreat, or die. , and return to camp to slowly build up your powers for your next race.

With half a million players now and an average playtime of 12 hours, that’s about 3 trillion hours of gameplay and 18 billion loops, at least (at least, according to Devolver. Who can overstate that last bit) . Its soundtrack is also the best-selling soundtrack in Devolver history.

Developer Four Quarters has released a new set of Steam Trading Cards to celebrate this milestone and is currently working on other Loop Hero Quality of Life updates, such as an improved save system, new settings for speed and new boss rewards – plus more content to come, including new maps, classes, and transformations.

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“When we first met Loop Hero, it led to a 98% drop in productivity at Devolver,” the publisher said in a statement. “We can’t thank Four Quarters enough for giving us the opportunity to share their amazing game with the rest of the world. They fully deserve all the praise they have received so far, but seriously we can’t find work. done and may never recover. “

The game is now available on Steam, and in our Loop Hero wiki we have a Loop Hero walkthrough to help you survive your journeys on the game’s mysterious and ever-changing path. the success of the escape? Watch our video on the * clears the throat * “gothic chiptune pixel-art story-based deck-building roguelite idle RPG”.

Rebekah Valentine is a journalist at IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.