Days Gone

We picked up Days Gone in 2022—three years after its rocky PS4 launch and a year after Sony's excellent PC port. The house knew the history: Bend Studio had taken heat for 2019's bugs, performance issues, and middling reviews. But the 2021 PC version was genuinely well-handled. By the time we streamed it, the game had matured. 7.32 million copies sold told us people connected with this open-world zombie biker odyssey despite the rough start. We played Deacon St. John's zombie apocalypse as it was meant to be experienced—a survival-action game that blended infiltration, bike management, and brutal combat. The game had found itself post-launch; the studio's struggles were visible in the narrative beats about redemption and second chances. We appreciated what Bend had built and the journey they'd taken to get there.

Days Gone kept us streaming for 36.5 hours in 2022, generating over 13,200 hours watched. Our average viewers were 361 per stream, peaking at 444 as we worked through Deacon's story. The game's sales numbers—7.32 million by our streams—suggested a stable community interested in what Bend was doing. Our viewership mirrored that: not explosive, but consistent. A game that had found its audience after launch hiccups.