Shadowverse

2018: Cygames' Shadowverse landed in the house and the anime card game crowd came in hot—979-viewer peak on a single hour of streaming. 680 average viewers watching digital card battles with gorgeous hand-drawn aesthetics and actual depth beneath the anime veneer. Shadowverse never broke into the mainstream like Hearthstone, but the people who loved the art style and deck-building philosophy showed up ready. One hour was all it took to catch that peak, which meant the game had real staying power in its niche. The community knew what it wanted, and Shadowverse delivered on that specific promise.