Summary
Krafton’s new life simulator,InZOI, has continued to fall in its average player count, despite a successful launch almost a month ago. Recent numbers make for grim reading forInZOI, although it doesn’t necessarily spell doom and gloom for the game.
Within a week of its release into Early Access,InZOIhad sold over 1 million copies, making it an instant success for Krafton. As a game, it was clearly a work in progress, but its Early Access tag had never indicated anything different. While there was much to praise aboutInZOI, some gamers felt that the gameplay was a little shallow at this point in time, meaning it would struggle to be a true “Simskiller” right now. While the Early Access status has given the studio some leeway to expand on the gameplay in future updates, it hasn’t necessarily translated to players sticking around for the time being.
As first reported byThe Gamer, recent player numbers forInZOIcontinue to drop daily. From an average of 9,174 concurrent players on April 11, this has since fallen to 3,751 as of April 24. Even thoseInZOIplayer count numbersfrom over two weeks ago are way down from the game’s peak on release, which was a massive 87,377. On the surface, they certainly don’t look good for fans who want to seeInZOIestablish itself as a sustained success.
InZOI’s Player Count Continues to Sink in Recent Weeks
There’s certainly a strong argument to be made thatInZOI’s declining player count is not cause for concern, though. Initial interest in the game will always be much higher at release, and inInZOI’s case, that release happened to be in Early Access. There’s a lot that can be added toInZOIover the coming months and years, and if Krafton can continue to expand on the gameplay, it’s likely that the game will experience significant player count increases with future updates. This will naturally come in waves, with interest coming and going as these updates are released.
The task has ultimately changed for Krafton in recent weeks. The developer already has strong sales for the game, and it’s now up to the studio to win players back with fresh new content regularly. The more successful the updates, the more staying powerInZOIwill have in the long term. For now,InZOI’s post-launch roadmapis promising to fix many of the game’s biggest issues, with more features like pools and pets on the way.
