It might be far from taking VR mainstream, but it has set records at seemingly every turn, and not just in the VR sphere.
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If Valve’s goal was to create a killer-app for PC VR, they seem to have succeeded. The review count, perhaps, points more directly to the experiential significance of players than it does to sales figures.
While coarse ownership estimates on Steam are roughly the same for both games (between 1M and 5M), Beat Saber has surely sold many more copies than Alyx thanks to its wide-ranging availability on every major VR platform, whereas Alyx is only available on PC via Steam. Though with Alyx being a linear single-player game not designed for high replayability (whereas Beat Saber is designed for precisely that), it’s impressive that Alyx even comes close. And it’s impressive that the game not only surpassed Beat Saber’s count of reviews on Steam, it did so while maintaining the best rating of any VR-only game-and in just nine months from its release.Īfter Alyx crushed the record for any VR-only game on Steam with a peak of 43,000 concurrent players on launch day, these days, Beat Saber sees at around twice as many concurrent daily users.
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'Resident Evil 4' for Quest 2 Review – Reanimating a Piece of Gaming HistoryĪlthough Alyx has been given away for free with the purchase of Valve Index hardware, the substantial cost (ranging from $280 to $1,000) may have nullified that advantage. There was no guarantee that even a much grander (but potentially less broadly appealing) game like Alyx would be able to catch up to Beat Saber’s momentum.Īlas, Alyx recently surpassed Beat Saber’s review count on Steam-currently 48,000 to 44,500-likely thanks to a surge of reviews in late November, right around Thanksgiving. Not to mention the studio was acquired by Facebook and now enjoys its major marketing muscle. One originated from a tiny and relatively unknown indie team, while the other is made by one of the world’s most renowned game studios.īut Beat Saber’s low cost and simple-but-addictive gameplay has made it a breakout success in the VR space.
There is, of course, a massive difference in scope between the games. While it quickly became not just the best rated VR game on Steam-let alone one of the best rated games on Steam overall- Half-Life: Alyx had a large hill to climb to approach the number of Steam reviews of the indie VR blockbuster, Beat Saber, which has been available since the middle of 2018. If there was any question, it has now been answered- Half-Life: Alyx has cemented its “universal acclaim”, becoming both the best and most rated VR-only game on Steam, less than a year after release, after recently passing Beat Saber’s record review count.
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