Battlebombed
WhenBattlebornlaunched a few weeks ago, the response was uh… muted, to say the least. At best it’s an okay FPS-MOBA hybrid, at worst it’s not much more than a wet fart in a lift. It’s also leaking players like there’s no tomorrow, despite the price being slashed by almost half so soon.
At the time of writing,Battlebornhas 2,434 concurrent Steam players and is, according toSteam Charts, the 103rdmost played game on the platform. Considering how recently the game launched, and how much pre-release hype Gearbox was trying to build for it, it’s definitely not a good sign for its future.
It looks even worse when you consider what’s in 102ndplace.EVGA PrecisionX 16, a program that helps you overclock your graphics card that launched almost two whole years ago now, has 2,448 “players.” It’s a handy and free tool for Nvidia graphics cards owners, sure, but there’re numerous alternatives to it out there that aren’t on Steam. For a recent major release to be less active than it is pretty embarrassing.
Other things that are proving more popular thanBattlebornareWorm.is: The Gameat #91,Shakes and Fidgetat #66,Youtubers Lifeat #54, andSpacewarat #39.Spacewarisn’t even available through the Steam store, it’s a sample game offered for Steamworks developers!
At this time, we must be sympathetic because I’m sure this is a tough time for theBattlebornfan base. All three of them must be heartbroken to see the game peter out so quickly.
