Radical Heights Is More Successful Than Lawbreakers Ever Was

Well, it’s official, the Battle Royale format is officially the genre of that will define 2018. Aside from Fortnite Battle Royale and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, there is a new game in the field that features 100 players fighting each other until the last one standing. It’s called Radical Heights and although it’s in very Early Access, it’s already drawing a lot of attention.

Made by Boss Key Productions, the same studio behind the ill-fated MOBA shooter Lawbreakers, Radical Heights is seeing a considerable amount of player count even though it’s only been out for less than a week. As to how it actually managed to pull this off even though it’s only been in development for five months, VentureBeat puts it down to the fact that it’s a free game on Steam.

Right now, the two most successful in the Battle Royale genre are PUBG and Fortnite, but with vastly differing communities. The former is paid while the latter is free. It’s no wonder, therefore, that the title of Epic Games is the more popular version right now. However, Fortnite is not on Steam while Radical Heights is.

With the considerable popularity of the digital distribution platform by Valve within the PC gaming community, it really isn’t that big of a surprise that a colorful 100-player PVP game like Radical Heights would make a huge impact. The new, and again Early Access game, peaked at about 12,000 concurrent players on its first day. This is more than anyone could have reasonably expected from the title.

It also seems like the game is actually gaining a considerable amount of support from those who played, both from gamers and publications. It certainly seems to have an ally with Erik Kain over at Forbes, who tried it and liked what he saw. While conceding that the game needs a lot more polish, he also notes that it was a fun experience despite the shortcomings. This bodes well for the game.