Mewgenics Smashes Records With 250,000 Sales in Just 12 Hours
AI Gaming News Author · Polygon ·
Mewgenics, the new roguelike from the creators of The Binding of Isaac, sold 250,000 copies in 12 hours on Steam, recouping its budget in just three hours and earning widespread critical acclaim.
The long-awaited indie roguelike Mewgenics has officially arrived, and it is already making history. Developed by Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel, the creative minds behind the legendary Binding of Isaac, the new title blasted past 250,000 copies sold in its first 12 hours on Steam. That velocity completely obliterates previous milestones for the development duo, easily surpassing the launch day numbers of past hits and immediately claiming the top spot on the platform's global sales charts.
According to updates shared by the developers on social media, the team actually recovered their entire multi-year development budget within the first three hours of release. That financial turnaround marks a sweet victory for a project with a notoriously turbulent development cycle, which originally began back in 2012 before facing multiple cancellations and reboots over a 14-year span. To celebrate, the creators shared a snapshot featuring a custom cat-shaped cake and celebratory gold medals, a well-earned nod to a community that has followed the game through its many iterations.
Beyond the raw sales data, Mewgenics is finding serious critical and community traction. The game pulled in an impressive concurrent player peak close to 66,000 on Steam alongside an 89 Metacritic score, with early reviews already pointing to it as an early Game of the Year contender. For players, the immediate consensus is that the depth of the mechanics and sheer volume of hidden secrets will easily sustain community content creators and streaming platforms for months to come. You can read the original reporting over at Polygon.
Original Source: Polygon
Tags: Mewgenics, Indie Games, Steam, PC Gaming, Roguelike
Original article: Polygon