Banana clicking recreation Banana is a licensed Steam hit, amassing a colossal 858,915 concurrent gamers on the platform to turn into its eleventh hottest recreation of all time.
Data from participant monitoring web site SteamDB reveals Banana has overtaken the likes of Apex Legends, Valheim, Terraria, Fallout 4, Helldivers 2, and so many extra because it enters the higher echelon of Steam royalty.
“Banana is a clicker recreation by which you click on a banana,” reads its official synopsis. “Get a random banana each three hours and develop your assortment.” Banana at present has a ‘Very Positive’ score on Steam with 88% of gamers recommending it.
The big participant rely places Banana a tad in need of the highest 10 listing, itself stuffed with true heavyweights. But Baldur’s Gate 3, which holds the tenth spot, has a peak concurrent participant rely of 875,343 — a mere 16,428 gamers above Banana.
PUBG: Battlegrounds holds the highest spot with an eye-watering 3,257,248 concurrents, Palworld comes subsequent at 2,101,867, and Counter-Strike 2 is third at 1,818,773. Lost Ark, Dota 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, New World, Hogwarts Legacy, and at last Baldur’s Gate 3 all comply with, with Banana holding the eleventh spot.
Players of Banana launch the sport and starting clicking a banana, as many occasions as they like, and that is about it. Its single Achievement known as CLICK and is awarded upon clicking a banana.
Its draw maybe comes from giving out Steam gadgets, which may be bought for Steam credit score or traded. Banana offers out banana skins as its merchandise, and clicking on the sport occasionally nets gamers a pair per day.
Most of those skins are close to nugatory by way of real-world cash, estimated at fractions of a cent, however some uncommon ones, like a Sad Hamster Banana or a Shiny Banana, are listed for upwards of $200. The Crypticnana is listed at $1,149. Whether or not they promote for this quantity stays to be seen, after all.
While some gamers could also be seeking to exploit a easy algorithm of clicking bananas to get rewarded in laborious (Steam) money, it appears many are simply buying and selling lesser bananas for enjoyable and getting in on what seems to be considerably of a joke.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.
