Summary
- Obsidian is happy with Avowed’s sales so far.
- Earlier this week, Avowed was topping the Steam best-sellers charts.
- Following this success, the game’s director has alluded to the possibility of DLC.
In the run-up to Avowed, there were a lot of people who were either convinced it would flop, or actively wanted it to sell poorly. This was because it found itself as one of the many games targetted by the ‘anti-woke’ crowd online because… the character models weren’t hot enough, or something? I don’t know guys, Kai is right there.
Anyway, it seems that despite all of this, it is actually performing quite well. This comes from an interview with Bloomberg, in which it is reported that Obsidian is “happy with sales so far.” This lines up with what we’re seeing elsewhere, with Avowed topping the best-sellers list on Steam this week.
Early Avowed Sales Appear To Be Strong
Obsidian is happy, and the game is topping the Steam charts
Off the back of this, game director Carrie Patel is eager to stick with Avowed going forward. “Now that we’ve built this wonderful world, and also built this team strength and muscle memory around the content and gameplay in this world, I’d love to see us do more with it,” she says, suggesting that we’ll get some expansions.
This is all despite a fairly intense hate campaign, which also targeted titles like Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Silent Hill 2 Remake, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. Even with this hogging up a lot of the oxygen online, it appears that Avowed is performing well. We’ll just have to wait and see how Xbox feels about its sales.
Of course, this won’t be the only metric that is used to judge Avowed’s success. Like any other game developed by a Microsoft-owned studio, Avowed launched on Game Pass from day one. So, the number of people playing through Xbox’s subscription platform will be taken into consideration too.
- Released
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February 18, 2025
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Violence