There are things in the world of video games that are inexplicable. And one of them has to do with the very origin of Steam and this old Half Life 2 which launched the Valve digital store, when a member of the community decided to create what is, to date, one of the most successful content generated from a video game of all time. Indeed, we refer to Garry’s Mod.
You’ve heard of him…and you know it
There must be few human beings left on this planet who haven’t heard of Garry’s Mod. This experience, which was born as a way to test the famous weightlessness weapon of Half Life 2 and which involved the creation of a kind of Sandbox where to play and, above all, test how the advanced physics of the Valve title worked its magic before our dazzled eyes.
It was in 2006 when Garry’s Mod It officially came to Steam (after two years of development and betas) simply as a way to get started and have fun doing nothing, moving objects or characters around. Half Life 2although over the years additional packages have arrived, some themed and even inspired by other franchises such as star wars oh Call of Dutythere with more and more things to do. In other words, the experience grew through word of mouth until it became a platform where players entered without knowing what they would be doing at any given time.
However, as with such enduring phenomena, a tipping point occurred with the instantaneous arrival of multiplayer. Experience has ceased to be uniquely personal and it was already possible to connect with friends or strangers to goof around, or nothing, together. It is there, surely, when Garry’s Mod sealed its success for the following years.
It is among the most played, Oh good?
And here is the surprise. This title, closely related to Valve and Steam, It continues 16 years later among the most played and sold on Steam. Without going any further, in recent weeks it has risen above the Top 50 of the most used digital stores, with a peak of players connected in one day close to 30,000. than other more recent releases which have gradually deflated over the weeks.
But there is another ranking in which it continues to appear and that is in the best sellers. Garry’s Mod is also entrenched in the middle of the Top 100, with slight fluctuations that take it in and out of the top 50 every day. And what costs money is not a free2play to use since you have to pay 9.99 dollars to laugh with friends in this universe that has changed so much lately.
the success of Garry’s Mod? Good the constant evolution of its content, improving the physical experience of the old mod and, of course, those servers that guarantee us a multiplayer experience as fun as that of Minecraft or any other development that bets on letting us manipulate the world in which we move at will. If you haven’t tried it, you’re taking time.
