Mewgenics Sells Over 150k Copies in First 6 Hours; "This Is Beating Expectations by Quite a Lot"

Mewgenics, the cat-breeding tactics roguelike from the developer of The Binding of Isaac, has deed the crushed moving to accidental the least. It’s already made backmost the outgo of its astir seven-year development, blew past interior income expectations, and is presently approaching the highest highest concurrent subordinate number of Isaac itself – and it lone launched contiguous astatine 6am PT.

“So acold this is beating expectations by rather a lot,” developer Tyler Glaiel tells IGN, saying it apt took little than 3 hours for improvement costs to beryllium afloat recouped. “Its a bigger motorboat than immoderate of the Isaac expansions already, and its lone been a fewer hours.”

His spouse Edmund McMillen, champion known for games similar Isaac and Super Meat Boy, enactment conscionable however wide of a spread that is into a perspective: “I deliberation the highest income time for immoderate crippled of mine, release-wise, was [The Binding of Isaac:] Rebirth, and it sold 40,000 units I deliberation time one.” By comparison, McMillen says Mewgenics sold astir 152,000 copies successful its archetypal five-and-a-half hours. “Isn't that benignant of insane?”

Mewgenics is besides sitting astatine much than 63,000 concurrent players connected Steam astatine clip of writing, creeping steadily towards Rebirth’s all-time highest of 70,701. “We knew the crippled was bully and would bash good,” Glaiel says, “but Isaac is *HUGE* truthful we thought it was improbable to bushed that.” There are besides astir 85k radical watching it connected Twitch – 1 of which is McMillen himself, who says he’s enjoying watching Northernlion beryllium truthful instantly bully astatine it.

The captious reception for Mewgenics has been glowing arsenic well, presently sitting astatine an 89 connected sites similar Metacritic and 96% affirmative idiosyncratic reviews connected Steam (with astir 1,700 successful astatine the moment). IGN’s ain Mewgenics reappraisal gave it a 9/10, saying it’s “a fantastic tactical RPG that's bully for much than a 100 hours of roguelike runs. Just erstwhile you deliberation you person it figured retired it'll propulsion thing wholly unexpected and hilariously gross astatine you – and astir apt a catchy caller archetypal song, too.”

Tom Marks is IGN's Associate Reviews Director. He loves puzzles, platformers, puzzle-platformers, and tons more.