Drova From Just2D and Deck13 Launched Better Than Expected
The teams at Just2D and Deck13 Interactive are very pleased with the launch of Drova - Forsaken Kin. The dark, pixel-style action RPG has exceeded expectations. However, marketing the game has been a challenge, as Head of Product Michael Hoss explains.
Drova - Forsaken Kin, developed by Just2D from Magdeburg (see studio portrait) and published by Deck13 Spotlight, the indie publishing arm of Deck13 Interactive from Frankfurt, launched successfully on PC and consoles. On Steam, the action-RPG, often connected to Gothic, attracted almost 900 concurrent users on the day of release (15 October). Since then, the number of concurrent users has increased daily, reaching a peak of 2,928 concurrent users yesterday (20 October). This makes the game the second most successful game on Steam according to CCU peaks by Deck13 Spotlight, ahead of Chained Echoes (2,212) but behind CrossCode (3,429). All in all, the launch was a great success, as Michael Hoss, Head of Product at Deck13 Interactive, told us.