The Czech answer to Escape from Tarkov has had a great launch on Steam. Gray Zone Warfare shows strong sales

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Translated with AI from the Russian original.

Gray Zone Warfare, released on April 30, became the top-selling game on Steam as of yesterday, surpassing Counter-Strike 2, Helldivers 2, and Manor Lords.

The Czech team Madfinger Games probably did not expect such success themselves. Interest in the tactical PvEvP jungle shooter, dubbed “Tarkov on Steam”, turned out to be so high that the developers at Madfinger Games, who self-funded the game, are now struggling with overloaded servers. In addition, players point to terrible optimization, which is not uncommon for an indie project in Early Access. The average score is 61%.

Illustration author: SteamDB. Illustration source: SteamDB

Looking at the player count numbers, Gray Zone Warfare is already doing quite well – the game's peak surpassed 66 thousand players, and stood at 29.3 thousand at the time of publication. 

Going forward, the project's success largely depends on the team.

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Cover author: Madfinger Games. Cover source: Steam

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