Charging hypercapricious scorers of figures 10 best sellers on PS5 on the weekendAnd all this thanks to the integrity of programmers. Every day thousands of up-to-date games are published in the main shop windows, and the unhappy reality is that most will not do it. Live services titles, such as Fortnite It already accumulates most user base on any platform. Some games earn much below everything you need to do. And so we reach Hypercharge: UnboxedThe third person’s shooter, in which players control the figurines of the campaign, which were transferred at the end of May to Xbox and PlayStation.
Originally published in 2020 on Steam, Charging hyper He came to the stage with a lot of fanfar. The film material from the game periodically became popular in social media, because observers were delighted with the prospect of the game, which looked straight from Pixar Toy Story. Steam users admitted Charging hyper The “very positive” assessment, with one most essential review of the platform, which declares the experience of “pure joy of childhood”. Not bad because of the game made by 5 people.
But it was years ago. In 2025, the landscape of the shooters is more competitive than ever, which means that success was not assured Charging hyper. Despite the launch with interplalatform support, it seems that interest in the game was minimal at the beginning of 2025 on Steam, the best -set review published on May 12 this year stated that “the game is dead.”
Players on Console soon realized that it was so, with at least one player started to social media to express their dissatisfaction. This player claimed that there were not enough players to create a full lobby, and that there were “literally 5 people online”.
This prompted the programmer with digital cyberers to answer, and the post was surprisingly earnest. The creators of the action game admitted that few people enjoyed the game, but that they were not fine as long as the game brought someone somewhere, joy.
Developers followed this post with a longer explanation in which they said they eventually created a game they would like as children.
“Making games never consisted in enriching, famous or having the most parallel players”
Displaying vulnerabilities to developers exploded in social media, in which the post counted over 600,000 views. This attention was enough to catapult the game to the 10 best sellers on PS5 at the weekend.
“Yesterday I picked up to support you on PS5!” One answer is. “I will get this game when I receive a salary again,” says another.
One sec Charging hyper It seems that now the list of bestsellers seemed, it is still on 5 in the best -selling up-to-date PS5 editions. The miniature developer was still welcome.
“To be honest, it was surreal”, Joe Henson, head of marketing for Charging hyperPolygon said e -mail. “We are a five team, without a publisher, without external funds and without a large marketing budget. Only five friends who grew up loving games and wanted to do something that meant something to us. Charging hyper Stay viral, and now stand with large AAA titles, because the best -selling new version on PlayStation is something that we never expected. He really touched us. “
Henson did not share specific numbers of basic players from Polygon, noticing that the game does not have a “huge” player base, but there are thousands of players on all platforms. He also repeated that programmers consider a game more experience in cooperation, and online functionality is more a bonus.
“I completely understand that it can be frustrating if you try to jump into online matches and you can’t find anyone,” says Henson. “I hear it. But I don’t think you can call the game a failure when she does exactly what she decided to do: offer a solid experience of offline and local cooperation, from online as a nice addition, not the main goal.”
When it comes to what next, business as usual. There are errors to repair and updates down to make sure that the Krzyżowa platform worked as intended. But the team still has some time to heat up.
“It was a monumental task, but we are incredibly proud,” says Henson.
Hypercharge: Unboxed It is available on PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch.
