Games that hit their all-time peak well after release

Post by **Oyster Sauce** » March 12th, 2026, 18:08

I find these interesting

Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ March 12th, 2026, 18:01
Holdfast: Nations At War hit it's all-time peak a few days despite releasing in 2020. They released a free full conversion game mode, and it's not the first time. Great game!

Post by **logincrash** » March 12th, 2026, 18:13

No Man's Sky?

Post by **logincrash** » March 12th, 2026, 18:14

Also, Shadow of War got much better once the devs ripped out all the microtransaction **** from the game after the backlash. Not sure how long after release it was, though, since I played it way later.

Post by **J1M** » March 12th, 2026, 18:16

World of Warcraft

Post by **logincrash** » March 12th, 2026, 18:17

Also, also, every Paradox game. But that might not count since their "full releases" are always barebones skeletons that they sell billions of DLCs for for a decade.

Post by **Valter** » March 12th, 2026, 19:06

The Stardew situation is crazy

Post by **logincrash** » March 13th, 2026, 04:36

Wasn't Among Us also an obscure little indie title for years before it blew up overnight?

Post by **Val the Moofia Boss** » March 13th, 2026, 04:52

Final Fantasy XIV. Peak player count was 8 years after ARR's launch.