Terraria Has Reached 35M Sales Across All Platforms
The open-world survival crafting game Terraria has officially sold 35 million copies, nine years after being brought out.
Costing less than £7, the game often compared to Minecraft has continued its service of releasing free DLCs and updates, consistently keeping the game fresh. With this, developers Re-Logic have seen a soar in copies being sold, as they now surpass the 35 million milestones.
The largest proportion of players gather on PC, with 17.2 Million players purchasing Windows/Mac, whilst another 8.5 million units being sold on Consoles. The final 9.3 million have been purchased on Mobile devices, showing off Terraria as a real Jack of all trades.
Five million of the copies were remarkably sold in 2020 alone, a year after they made the jump over the 30 million barrier. Despite being nine years old, the title has continued to attract new players.
Taking to their own games forum, the developers stated: "We remain hard at work on the litany of updates across the board as we press forward into 2021. Things are really starting to come together, and we are beyond excited for what the rest of the year has in store. That said, we did our usual numbers updates to close out 2020, and we wanted to share that once again - thanks to your beyond-amazing support - Terraria has reached another units sold milestone!"
Click to enlargeSuch new players have also been pleasantly surprised with their time on the game. Terraria has also surpassed Portal 2 as the highest-rated game on Steam, according to reviews. With north of 707,000 votes, the 2D Sandbox has notched up an 8.81 rating, which rises above the likes of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Hades, and the 2020 hit-horror Phasmophobia.
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