Not bad, but not that: gamers have shown no interest in The Rogue Prince of Persia, even though the game is getting good ratings

Yesterday saw the release of an early version of the action-platformer The Rogue Prince of Persia from Evil Empire studio, which is known for its long-standing and extremely successful support of Dead Cells.

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One day after the release of the game we can state: The Rogue Prince of Persia did not attract the attention of gamers. According to SteamDB statistics, the peak online of the novelty didn't even reach a thousand people and was only 849 players!

At the same time, The Rogue Prince of Persia gets good reviews - 74% positive.

The almost zero interest in the game may be due to the fact that fans of the Prince of Persia series do not accept the new game as part of the franchise, and fans of the roguelike genre and games similar to Dead Cells, which this game is aimed at, are not interested in it either, as it offers nothing new and is very similar to Dead Cells in many ways, although Evil Empire denied this.

Essentially, The Rogue Prince of Persia has no target audience at all, and the niche it is good at is occupied by even more worthy competitors, The Rogue Prince of Persia action-platformer The Rogue has been released in Steam Early Access: experts are happy with the novelty, and the developers presented the release trailer that the action-platformer has every chance of surpassing Dead Cells, but it will take a long time for the developers to do so.

Perhaps, Evil Empire postponed the release of The Rogue Prince of Persia for a reason, because its game would look quite sad on the background of Hades II.

Source: Steam