Mewgenics, the brand new launch from Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel, the indie devs behind hit roguelike The Binding of Isaac and all its subsequent expansions, smashed by means of 250,000 copies bought in simply 12 hours.
In a tweet posted by Glaiel, he screenshotted a submit from 2023 the place he defined it will have to promote that a lot for him to “think about Mewgenics successful.” Shortly earlier than, IGN reported the sport bought over 150,000 copies in six hours, and that McMillen’s earlier gross sales file got here with The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, at 40,000 in someday.
This got here only a few hours after he revealed the workforce “made again their growth funds after three hours,” which given the sport was first introduced in 2012, is a big accomplishment. That is a whopping 14 years, though it was placed on maintain in 2014, canceled in 2016, then picked again up once more two years later.
To have a good time, Glaiel posted an image of each him and McMillen with a cat-shaped cake, whereas they every maintain reproduction awards and put on gold medals. On the time of writing, Mewgenics peaked with a participant rely only a few shy of 66,000 on Steam, and it was the top-selling sport on the platform yesterday.
It is also been obtained to important acclaim, with a Metacritic rating of 89 from 38 critiques. Polygon’s Mewgenics assessment describes it as “a charmingly churlish sport” that “gamers may doubtless get years of leisure from,” together with contemplating it “the primary GOTY contender” for 2026.
