The brand new launch from developer PlaywithFurcifer, Backpack Battles, has reached an enormous milestone in a really quick timeframe, promoting 100,000 models in underneath two days. It’s flying excessive on Steam charts proper now, hanging in there as we method what will probably be solely the sport’s second weekend since launch.

Within the above submit on Twitter, Furcifer celebrated the milestone and shared pleasure over the information. 

Backpack Battles are described as a “PvP stock administration auto-battler” in which you’ll be able to mix objects which were crafted or bought by putting them subsequent to one another in your backpack. Sure mixtures lead to highly effective objects, which might then be used to trigger injury to your opponents. 

On the time of writing, Backpack Battles has reached a peak of greater than 35,000 consecutive gamers throughout the final 24 hours, rating it one place under Overwatch 2 within the Steam Most Performed charts. 

Backpack Battles can also be doing effectively in the case of opinions, which presently sit at ‘Overwhelmingly Constructive’ with over 3,000 opinions and a thriving Subreddit. That favor already has a devoted, useful group as gamers pool sources towards discovering new mixtures and techniques for harder battles.

It’s one other indie gem catching our eye this 12 months, with different favorites taking off simply a few months into 2024. Balatro, the roguelike deckbuilder from developer LocalThunk, bought greater than 250,000 copies throughout the first three days. That mentioned, this quantity was obtained throughout a mess of platforms, whereas Backpack Battles is just accessible on Steam. 

Presently, you’ll be able to presently buy Backpack Battles by itself for $11.69 USD, or there are two bundles accessible:

• Backpack Battles + Slay the Spire ($33.01 USD)
• Backpack Battles + Brotato ($15.01 USD)