Kingdom Rush Returns As The Original Leads The Series
A 15-year-old tower defense game built for browsers is outperforming its own sequel, and the newest entry's Mixed reception suggests the series' draw still rests on the original's cheap, proven formula rather than the new release.
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Ironhide released Kingdom Rush 6: Genesis TD on September 24. The original Kingdom Rush now draws more players than the new game. Its peak Steam concurrent player count reached 17,566 over the most recent 24 hours, nearly ten times its prior record. The spike follows the sequel's release and a 90 percent discount on the original, which is priced at 98 yen.
Kingdom Rush 6: Genesis TD launched on September 24, but the game carrying the series' attention is the 2011 original, whose browser edition was free and whose Steam version arrived in January 2014. At the time of writing, Kingdom Rush holds an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on roughly 15,000 Steam reviews, with 97 percent positive. The new game sits at Mixed, about 64 percent positive across roughly 2,300 reviews. When the new release drew attention to the series, players appear to have bought the cheaper original instead.
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