Ukrainian developer Flexus Games has announced that Dear Passengers surpassed 1 million Steam wishlists in less than two days. The milestone propelled the co-op title into the Top 25 most wishlisted games on the platform.
According to the studio, the achievement came without spending money on marketing, paid creators, or advertising.
«In just two days, Dear Passengers reached the Top 25 most wishlisted games on Steam. That's absolutely insane!!! No marketing. No paid creators. No ads»
The developers admitted they are still trying to process the game's sudden rise in popularity.
«Honestly… our team has spent the last two days trying to understand what is happening. We made Dear Passengers because we wanted to build the kind of co-op game that we, as players, always wanted to play with our friends»
The team also thanked everyone who added the game to their wishlist, left comments, created videos, or shared the project with others.
«To everyone who wishlisted the game, commented, made videos or simply shared it… Thank you!»
The studio concluded by saying that the community has shown that games made by players for players still matter, while encouraging fans to help Dear Passengers climb even higher in Steam's wishlist rankings.
«You proved that games made by players, for players still matter. Tell your friends, wishlist, and help us make the top wishlisted game on Steam»
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