While October was very busy this year, November, which is usually very busy, has slowed down. One of the games released this month is Spirittea, a game often compared to a Spirited Away-themed version of Stardew Valley.
It’s generally very popular (we’re still reviewing it) and seems to be off to a good start. In a series of X posts, Mike Rose, founder of indie publisher No More Robots, shared a ton of interesting details about the release.Beyond that, it turns out the game has essentially disappeared from YouTube because he didn’t want toPays YouTubers to live stream his games：
“Now look, I get it – this is how it works now. YouTubers want you to pay them to cover your game. Well, of course. But I just don’t want to do that. It feels weird and weird. It’s annoying, it’s hypocritical, and I just can’t do it. So I guess our game won’t be featured on YouTube anymore!
Rose also said that they already have 150,000 gamers, were profitable on day one, and have been growing since launching last week. Bestsellers on Switch. Spirittea is currently available for PC, Switch and Xbox, with console versions“Accounting for 80% of revenue”。He saidwhich is contrary to what is usually the case, but he speculates that more and more AAA games are being released on Steam because of the large publishers“Failed to make non-Steam PC platforms happen”——This makes it harder to get access to indie games.
Another interesting nugget ishe said “Game Pass (as usual) means a lot to us”bringing over 100,000 players, the deal actually helps improve the game for everyone, as more content is added as a result:
“D73a9ed3a8bda4a558ee8305161b35dfd Spirittea was actually going to launch in 2022, but after we got the Game Pass deal we decided hey, let’s make this thing bigger and better – hence the delay to 2023, along with 100+ hours of content”
As mentioned, we are currently reviewing it and will get back to you with our full impressions as soon as possible. Have you tried D7422c8be855944d1bc2d19991715592a, Spirittea?
