The co-op horror sport Content Warning is the most recent unbiased title to climb the charts on Steam, thanks partly to a promotion that made the sport free-to-own for twenty-four hours.
Content Warning launched on April 1. The game is free till 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET on April 2, after which the sport will revert to its base asking worth of $8. Content Warning is a riff on Deadly Firm, one other smash hit co-op horror sport. Like Deadly Firm, it duties gamers with exploring unusual environments and finishing goals whereas operating from terrifying creatures. The first twist is that gamers are content material creators, recording themselves exploring and fleeing from horrors. In the event that they survive and return, they’ll add their footage to the sport’s equal of YouTube, “SpookTube,” for fame and fortune.
Again at dwelling base, the sport’s aesthetic is cute and cuddly with brilliant colours. Even the sport’s diver avatars have neon-colored helmets styled with emoji. As soon as gamers take their diving bell to the underground, they’re going to discover a sheer, darkish, and monochrome world with loads of terrors, each nice and small.
In accordance with a tweet from publisher Landfall Games, Content Warning hit over 100K energetic gamers and 4.5M house owners inside that first 24 hours. As of writing, the sport sits on the sixth place on the Steam “most played” chart, has over 200K concurrent gamers, and received 8,865 critiques with an total score of “overwhelmingly optimistic.”