In fact, youвЂ™d think all the Early Access survival-duds wouldвЂ™ve deterred a lot of gamers.Д«ut apparently not, and if you dig a bit deeper, it becomes understandable how Valheim could blow up. ItвЂ™s relatively low-poly textures, itвЂ™s fantasy setting, and of course the fundamental survival genre are things not everyone likes. Tough sell?ДЄlthough Valheim looks fun and all, traditionally a game like that is quite a tough sell for most gamers. The streaming platform welcomes Valheim in itвЂ™s top 10, actually surpassing games like Warzone, Rainbow Six: Siege, and Escape From Tarkov. Twitch favoriteД«esides Steam, Valheim is also dominating other platforms, most notably Twitch. Valheim peaked the interest of over 391,000 players in itвЂ™s first few weeks already! As of writing, Valheim is the 4th most played game on Steam, behind PUBG, Dota 2, and Steam-king CS:GO. Those games saw a respective peak player count of 244,000 and 157,000 gamers (both after years of development). In a mere two weeks, the Early Access survival game broke concurrent player records of genre-defining titles like Rust and ARK: Survival Evolved. In a blogpost, developer Iron Gate and publisher Coffee Stain celebrate two million new players on February 15th, doubling itвЂ™s player count in under 5 days. Additionally, itвЂ™s shattering concurrent player records and is a main attraction on Twitch. The viking-themed open world survival game welcomed over 2 million Vikings in under two weeks. A new gaming sensation called Valheim is dominating Steam and the gaming collective as a whole.

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