RuneScape Dragonwilds shadow dropped early access on April 15, and early points to it having power, despite arriving a climate where it faces fierce competition.
There are numerous survival games have come to call Valve STeam home, including one if the most successful, Valheim. Despite the total lack of pre-release marketing, it would appear as the Dragonwilds has proven it is worth.
RuneScape Dragonwilds’ biggest Steam achievement yet
On April 29, Jagex’s youngest child surpassed the 24-hour player peaks of both Valheim and Ark: Survival Evolved. On April 20, the genre newcomer surpassed both titles live, concurrent player totals as per SteamDB.
Valheim and Ark reached six-figure totals at the top of their popularity, and Dragonwilds had the honeymoon period to benefit Jagex’s plan.
The studio can deliver on the promises if the roadmap, Dragonwilds will continue to grow, backed by word of mouth, not just from everyday players, as well as the streamers with huge reach and influence. Players like Shroud, Asmongold, and Aztecross over all the recording first impressions, it is little wonder Dragonwilds.
Survival games are notoriously live or die based on the level of Post Launch support they receive, but looking at the path ahead already established, the world of Ashenfall, was at least for now.
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