#Cut up Fiction, with no microtransactions, is outselling the Steam Deck and AAA blockbusters on Steam – Destructoid

Cut up Fiction, a web-based co-op action-adventure sport, has simply launched and has already claimed the highest spot on Steam’s blobal Prime Sellers record.

The Prime Sellers record ranks video games based mostly on complete income, that means it contains not solely direct sport gross sales but additionally video games with microtransactions—whether or not they’re free-to-play, like Counter-Strike 2, or full-priced titles with extra purchases, like Monster Hunter Wilds.

Developed by the creators of It Takes Two, Cut up Fiction is already a success that many gamers are desirous to expertise.

Cut up Fiction is the top-selling sport on Steam worldwide

Cut up Fiction, a sport the place two characters are trapped throughout the worlds of their very own tales, is main the Steam gross sales charts as of March 7, surpassing the Steam Deck and main AAA titles like Monster Hunter Wilds and a reduced Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

Our Cut up Fiction overview rating was a 9.5 out of 10. Reviewer Madison Benson wrote: “That is a type of video games that thrives on stunning you at each nook, and listening to my good friend’s reactions was simply as fulfilling as experiencing my very own.”

The sport is priced at $49.99, nevertheless it additionally presents a singular characteristic—just one participant must personal a replica, whereas their co-op associate can be part of at no cost by the Pal Go, although solely in shared play with the proprietor.

Regardless of some gamers getting entry with out buying the sport, Cut up Fiction remains to be dominating the best-seller record, proving its reputation.

Some folks assume the Prime Sellers record contains free downloads as a result of it options free-to-play video games, however that’s not the case. The rankings are based mostly on complete income generated by Steam, as defined in Steamworks’ documentation.

Since Cut up Fiction has no microtransactions, its high rating is only pushed by direct gross sales—a robust indication of how nicely the sport is performing.

Cut up Fiction gained’t have microtransactions

For gamers who’ve already picked up Cut up Fiction or are contemplating it, there’s excellent news—the sport’s director has dedicated to conserving it freed from microtransactions, identical to It Takes Two.

In an interview, he acknowledged that he by no means needs his studio’s video games to incorporate microtransactions. That is refreshing in an period the place many main video games are developed at large prices, main firms to not solely cost $60 and even $70 for a sport but additionally embrace microtransactions, battle passes, and different content material that encourages additional spending.

That doesn’t appear to be the case with Cut up Fiction, however solely time will inform if the studio can follow that promise in the long term.