Co-op hit Deep Rock Galactic sets new Steam record

Bearded, dwarf miners raise their pitcher for Deep Rock Galactic.

The first thing green beards in Deep Rock Galactic learn: When a co-op pawn Rock and Stone roars, got to to return the greeting! Second, players quickly find out that the developers at Ghost Ship Games take loving care of their game, communicate a lot with the community and regularly publish large and free updates.

In the latest, biggest content update to date, Deep Rock Galactic is not only getting its first season Industrial Sabotage, but also new weapons and missions, as well as a completely new enemy faction called Rival Tech. In the new missions, the drones represent serious competition for the interstellar mining company and thus the players. Season 1 also includes a completely free performance pass and thematic events.

You can get a good overview of the new content for Deep Rock Galactic in the trailer:

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Deep Rock Galactic Reveals Gigantic Content Package & Season 1

The reaction: new steam record

With the new update, Deep Rock Galactic not only received cheers from fans on Steam, but also screwed its own record numbers to a new all-time high. Like her on Steamcharts.com played around 10pm on Friday, November 5th, 2021 36,000 dwarf friends at the same time the co-op shooter. A major outlier for the game, which has been growing steadily for years.

Deep Rock Galactic is growing and thriving. [Bildquelle: Steamcharts.com]

With its impressive procedural cave generation and the fun and varied gameplay of mining, exploration and shooting, Deep Rock Galactic can now fight for a place among the 50 most played Steam titles.

You can read about all the innovations in the latest patch in the article:

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This is what the author thinks: Deep Rock Galactic has everything I could want in a good co-op shooter. Lots of varied levels, high replayability, fun core gameplay. In addition, Ghost Ship Games uses a high-performance low-poly style, but it looks really pretty thanks to the atmospheric lighting and extremely cool art design!

But my personal favorite aspect is the passionate community. In a few games I get along so well without voice chat, only with the help of pings and emotes (Did I hear a rock and stone?). You can just feel that Deep Rock is not bypassing the community, but is being developed directly into the heart of the player.

As soon as my colleague Dimi lets me play something else than just Hunt Showdown, I’ll pay Deep Rock Galactic a visit again. And experience has shown that the following weeks are all about the sympathetic mine dwarfs.

Have you already tried Deep Rock Galactic or are you even playing actively? What do you think of the development and the new content? Let us know in the comments!