BattleBit Remastered was released on Steam on June 15th, and it became an overnight sensation. Before anyone knew what was happening, BattleBit was topping the charts as the platform’s best-selling game, offering up a unique take on the first-person shooter genre. It has been revealed that – at the time of publishing – BattleBit has sold through 1.8 million copies in a two-week period, reportedly pulling in almost $30 million in revenue.

It’s one of the most enjoyable shooters to emerge in recent years, and that fact comes despite it being a low-poly, low-res game with very little flourish or graphical splendour. It does tick many boxes that first-person shooter fans often seek out, though. It’s customisable and boasts well-balanced gunplay, large maps, high player counts, and destructible environments. There’s a massive arsenal to be enjoyed, a class system, and some milsim mechanics that make BattleBit more challenging than the average shooter.

BattleBit is Blowing Up

On Steam, BattleBit keeps breaking through its all-time high peak player count. It’s performing well on streaming and content platforms like Twitch, too – all things considered. It’s effectively a representation now of how gamers are eager to soak up excellent core mechanics more than they are stunning graphics and visual effects. That’s why some gamers are referring to BattleBit as a ‘breath of fresh air’ – it’s more focused on the gameplay mechanics than the aesthetic.

BattleBit was created over a series of years by a team made up of just three developers. They joined forces to create this multiplayer epic, but it wasn’t always going to be this way. For a while, the developers had visions of crafting a ‘hardcore simulation shooter’ with strict milsim mechanics. In a statement, one of the developers – ‘SgtOkiDoki’ – explained that ‘Our game played like Squad but looked like Roblox.’

There are plenty of low-poly games that have experienced popularity on Steam. For instance, Unturned, which looks similar to BattleBit but was released several years ago and currently boasts more than 500,000 reviews on Steam.

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Next Steps for BattleBit

Presently, BattleBit is going through a lengthy Twitch drops campaign, which users can take advantage of to unlock exclusive skins in the game. When BattleBit was released, it went hand-in-hand with a roadmap that promoted the future of the game. On this roadmap, elements such as all-new weapons, modes, and maps were promised, along with a ‘milsim mode’ that guarantees to take teamwork ‘to the next level’.

For the time being, the BattleBit train doesn’t appear to be slowing down, and from what the developers have said, they never expected it to perform this well. Could the next generation of shooter success be found in low-poly games that ‘look like Roblox’? It’s unlikely, but it’s hard to avoid the fact that BattleBit has changed the paradigm – even if temporarily.

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