One of the most exciting fighting game releases of 2024 so far has been Rivals of Aether II, a follow-up to the smash Indie hit. The game might not have the marketing budget of a SF 6, but its community-first approach has proven there’s room for a great variety of fighters. With this week’s news about the Rivals of Aether II sales figures, it looks like the game’s made a decent splash already too.
Rivals II has managed to cross a major milestone just days after its first release. From one of the top upcoming fighting games, to one of the best-selling fighting games on Steam right now. With a slightly changed name, Rivals of Aether II has been a successful follow up to the original. The game features quite a few major upgrades from the first game. Becoming a more polished version of the gameplay.
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Rivals of Aether II Crosses 100K Sales
This week, Offbrand Games announced a big milestone crossed for Rivals of Aether II sales. It’s already surpassed 1000 thousand copies sold. Huge for this title. The game was initially launched after raising money through kickstarting. Which seems to have paid off with this release.
More than 1000K people are jumping into the latest Rivals game. This is a fighter on the smaller side. But it’s taken an approach of building a game that suits its community’s needs. We’ve already seen quite a few tournaments featuring the game, including a special Coinbox edition.
The platform-style fighter has been a lot of fun to explore. It’s definitely a step up from the first game in the series. If you want to see why indie like this has become one of the biggest fighting games of 2024, it’s available on Steam right now. By how popular the launch has been, players shouldn’t have too many issues finding an opponent to fight in Rivals II right now.