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Minecraft has been called the computer game equivalent of Lego, but Robocraft more closely resembles my experience of playing with little plastic bricks. Languishing over what components to fit together to create the perfect corner, working out how to fit wheels snugly into chassis sockets, and arranging weapons in the most badass fashion. As a car and sci-fi geek, I was always building spaceships, tanks, and race-cars from my Lego collection, and Robocraft lets you do just that. Better still: after you’ve built it, you can use it to blow up other people’s creations in a multiplayer arena.
Recently, a leak in the Steam API allowed everyone to see some of the most accurate player counts available to date. While the information presented does not fully represent hard sales data, it does count every player that has played a game with achievements more than once on Steam.
While looking through the list we thought it would be interesting to see exactly how well indie games were doing compared to major releases.[…]
A fairly terrible list overall. The only excuse is that most of them are free-to-play games.
It's always strange to see what translates to mass appeal compared to what is objectively "better". I was surprised TF2 was at the top of the list overall (Other than the, once again, free-to-play status).
In the current generation, indie games have taken off big time due to the introduction of various social media sites like Twitch, Facebook and platforms like Humble Bundle, IndieGala etc promoting indie games more than ever before. It has become increasingly tough to find hidden gems that might be worth your time or looking into and hence, in The Monthly Indie Hunt, we try to bring you games (Released or in-development; generally trying to keep a good balance of both) from across the internet that might interest you in some form if you are looking for something out of the norm.
Free-to-play arena shooter Robocraft is leaving Steam Early Access next week. The game has been in Early Access for about three years and calling it a full release doesn't change much at this point, especially since it's a free-to-play title. Still, it's a good reason for the devs and community to celebrate.
