InZoi devs tell gamers to dismiss Steam Charts stats as The Sims competitor “continues to steadily generate sales”

Krafton’s The Sims competitor InZoi launched to an enormous participant depend earlier this yr, however the sport’s concurrent consumer base has drastically dropped since launch. 

On the time of writing, the sport has a concurrent participant base 98% decrease than its peak, which many have claimed means the Early Entry life simulator is nearing demise’s door, regardless of its massive 2025 roadma. 

Regardless of this, Krafton has urged avid gamers to dismiss the plummeting Steam numbers because it doesn’t inform the entire story. As an alternative, gamers must be specializing in the truth that the sport is continuous to promote new copies regardless of the decrease participant numbers. 

“inZOI continues to steadily generate gross sales, and as a single-player sport, it will be most acceptable to confer with the extra gross sales depend at every main replace level versus concurrent participant depend on Steam in measuring the sport’s efficiency,” the sport writer stated in a press release to IGN. 

InZoi has not had a easy journey after its profitable launch. The sport was launched in early entry with main points, together with a controversial bug that allowed gamers to run over digital youngsters. Moreover, the sport has seen its major update and mod kit delayed. 

However, the core of InZoi is powerful, and years of updates might flip this into a correct competitor to The Sims. Alternatively, one other competitor, Paralives, is ready to launch later this yr which might show a problem for Krafton’s title relying on its high quality. 

In an interview with VideoGamer earlier this yr, director, producer and CEO Hyungjun “Kjun” Kim revealed that the sport was truly doing higher than the studio anticipated regardless of the decrease common concurrent participant counts on Steam. 

“I’m spending my days full of gratitude for the participant response, which has been far stronger than anticipated,” Kim stated. “I see our gamers as extra than simply shoppers—they’re all a part of ‘one workforce’, strolling alongside us towards a shared imaginative and prescient. Their assist and belief are the best driving forces that hold our growth workforce going.”

However, the previous few months have been pretty quiet for InZoi. Hopefully, the sport will proceed to enhance in each high quality and participant depend as time goes on.