Scavengers

Scavengers hit us right when the battle royale craze was at maximum velocity in 2021. This free-to-play sandbox from ex-Halo and Battlefield devs had a unique angle: 60-player extraction, PvE scavenging, and you could actually win without ever shooting another team. That April 28 early access launch with the Twitch drops campaign had serious momentum, and we were locked in for 102 hours. The peak viewers number—1,184—was absolutely massive for us at that moment. We were in the Record Holders era, making history every single day, and Scavengers proved that something fresh could still break through the saturation.

The raw numbers here are wild. 62,197 hours watched over 102 hours streamed equals 578 average viewers—some of our best numbers ever. Peak of 1,184 was genuinely exceptional. The free-to-play model with Twitch integration meant people were tuning in specifically to farm drops, but they stayed for the game. The mechanics clicked with our audience: the blend of PvE and PvP created natural tension that chat loved.

Scavengers was a moment of pure hype. Everyone wanted to understand how this extraction mechanic worked. Chat was engaged, theories about optimal routes were flying, and the drops campaign meant every viewer was incentivized to stick around. Even though followers dipped by 444, the engagement metrics told a different story—people were watching, they were into it, they just didn't convert. Still one of the defining games of 2021 for us.