crispy4000 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Games that ended up better than you'd think, or that developed a cult following. I'll take anything that goes as far back as the Wii U. Indies to AAA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Hollow Knight Katana Zero Celeste Disco Elysium Obduction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 1 minute ago, legend said: Hollow Knight Katana Zero Celeste I’ll give you Katana Zero and mayyyve Celeste but I’m not feeling Hollow Knight with the sleeper label :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 1 minute ago, stepee said: I’ll give you Katana Zero and mayyyve Celeste but I’m not feeling Hollow Knight with the sleeper label :P Looks like it sold 2.8 million copies. I didn't realize it did so well, and I concur it does not fit sleeper in that case. I'm happy to have been wrong in this case! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, legend said: Hollow Knight Katana Zero Celeste Disco Elysium Obduction I don't think I can stealth update anymore, but I decided SOMA should absolutely be on this last. Great game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShreddieMercury Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Prey Ape Out Arms Hellblade Grow Home Inside The Evil Within 2 Zombi Tetris 99 Yoku's Island Express Affordable Space Adventures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Prey Hitman Hitman 2 Disco Elysium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Call of Juarez Gunslinger Kentucky Route Zero Warframe (this deserves a little explanation because the game is pretty huge, but it's probably the most quietly huge game I can think of) FFXIV (Same as Warframe) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 I can’t really gauge sleepers anymore. I think the new Hot Shots is a really good game of golf and not sure if anyone bought it. Did Outer Wilds sell well? Obra Dinn. Disco for sure but at least the people I follow seemed to talk a lot about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Moa said: Warframe (this deserves a little explanation because the game is pretty huge, but it's probably the most quietly huge game I can think of) FFXIV (Same as Warframe) @Mr.Vic20 explain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Is Animal Crossing a sleeper? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Doom ACIV:Black Flag Horizon:Zero Dawn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 12 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: @Mr.Vic20 explain! It can not be explained, it simply is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Remnant: From The Ashes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 I feel many indies are for me because I don't hear about them and then everyone's talking about it/discovering it. Like Dead Cells for me I knew nothing about until the day it released. Concrete Genie's a hidden gem and a relaxing feel-good game. Untitled Goose Game seems like the definition of a sleeper hit. There was no advertising or campaign for it; it was just discovered and became big over time. I don't know how much was known about Undertale, but that seems like one that sneaked up and became very popular, particularly among younger demographics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Cult hits: Vanquish Deadly Premonition Dragon’s Dogma Alpha Protocol Besides Alpha Protocol, all of the above have been re-released recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 7 minutes ago, ManUtdRedDevils said: Cult hits: Vanquish Deadly Premonition Dragon’s Dogma Alpha Protocol Besides Alpha Protocol, all of the above have been re-released recently. This seems like a technicality. That's like saying, "Mafia!" because the remaster is coming out, although I feel it's a better fit because if it does end up getting a huge following it's because everyone missed it the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 This is the worst gen so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjomesphat Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 More people should be talking about Tetris Effect. Especially in VR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 “So far?” Next gen begins in several months. Not sure how many more sleeper hits we’re gonna see. Though, man, with the internet the way it is now too, I’m not even sure we get sleeper hits any more. If something is good it explodes pretty quickly. rarely is a game slowly discovered by the gaming community and gets more and more popular until it’s like the best game lots of people played, but nobody talked about. There are plenty of games that have come out that went underplayed and never became the hit they maybe could/should have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 I'd say as a whole, the Battle Royale genre came out of nowhere as a big hit. Who would have expected Fortnite, PUBG, Apex Legends, and the COD Blackout/Warzone to become some of the largest played and most streamed games of this generation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said: Though, man, with the internet the way it is now too, I’m not even sure we get sleeper hits any more. If something is good it explodes pretty quickly. rarely is a game slowly discovered by the gaming community and gets more and more popular until it’s like the best game lots of people played, but nobody talked about. Yes and no. There’s a lot of great indies out there that don’t see a huge swell of attention because they don’t become an ‘it’ thing. Lovely Planet and Android Assault Cactus are two that come to my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Just now, crispy4000 said: Yes and no. There’s a lot of great indies out there that don’t see a huge groundswell of attention because they don’t become an ‘it’ thing. Lovely Planet and Android Assault Cactus are two that come to my mind. Yeah, but that’s not a “sleeper hit”. More of a cult hit. One could say under appreciated. A sleeper hit by definition is something that grew in popularity over time. A slow growing burn as opposed to a huge explosion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said: Yeah, but that’s not a “sleeper hit”. More of a cult hit. One could say under appreciated. A sleeper hit by definition is something that grew in popularity over time. A slow growing burn as opposed to a huge explosion. Why I titled the thread sleeper hits and hidden gems. I'd agree with others here that the Battle Royal genre emerged as a bit of a slow burn to start. Especially if we go back to DayZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, crispy4000 said: Why I titled the thread sleeper hits and hidden gems. I'd agree with others here that the Battle Royal genre emerged as a bit of a slow burn to start. Especially if we go back to DayZ. You’re correct, those would be hidden gems. Yeah, I’d agree with the battle royal model. It was a slow burn until PUBG. But I don’t remember it’s release. Though that grew the genre. Fortnight’s BR exploded, and since then BRs have the ability to explode onto the scene, even if they get overtaken by Fortnight again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 I put in my games based on the description @crispy4000 posted, rather than the “traditional” description of a sleeper hit. A game that launches to low sales, and takes a long time to get sales success. I don’t think any of us really have insight/access to data to look at games sales rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said: You’re correct, those would be hidden gems. Yeah, I’d agree with the battle royal model. It was a slow burn until PUBG. But I don’t remember it’s release. Though that grew the genre. Fortnight’s BR exploded, and since then BRs have the ability to explode onto the scene, even if they get overtaken by Fortnight again. PUBG was in open beta for a long time, and was very popular before it actually released. edit: early access would probably be a better description Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 20 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: PUBG was in open beta for a long time, and was very popular before it actually released. edit: early access would probably be a better description I know it became popular, I just don’t remember it being an explosion of popularity as soon as it went early access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 14 minutes ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said: I know it became popular, I just don’t remember it being an explosion of popularity as soon as it went early access. From Wikipedia Quote Battlegrounds made US$11 million in the first three days of its Windows early access release in March 2017.[164] By the second week of April, the game had sold over one million copies, with a peak player count of 89,000,[165] SuperData Research estimated that the game's April sales exceeded US$34 million, putting it as one of the top 10 highest grossing revenue games for the month and exceeding revenue from Overwatch and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.[166] By May 2017, the game had sold over two million copies, with total gross revenues estimated at US$60 million.[167][168] Within three months of its early access release, it had surpassed over five million copies sold,[169] and Bluehole announced it had exceeded US$100 million in sale revenue.[170] Battlegrounds reached this four million mark faster than Minecraft, which took over a year to reach similar sales figures while it was in its paid-beta development period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 5 hours ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said: “So far?” Next gen begins in several months. Next gen is gonna be a bunch of current gen ports and Halo for the foreseeable future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 12 minutes ago, Paperclyp said: Next gen is gonna be a bunch of current gen ports and Halo for the foreseeable future. Halo is a current gen port. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 33 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: Halo is a current gen port. True true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Can't think of a ton of sleeper hits, unless you count the fact that GTA is still constantly one of the best sellings games month over month. As for hidden gems: Valfaris Murder by Numbers Olli Olli Baba is You Mutant Year Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 My list includes: ATOM RPG Outward Remnant Generation Zero Control Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Skatebird once it comes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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