Steelrising

Steelrising arrived in 2022 as one of those games we didn't expect to land as hard as it did. Spiders built an alternate-history Souls-like where King Louis XVI's automaton army is crushing the French Revolution—basically 1789 but make it robot. We streamed 19 hours of it and pulled 5,396.5 hours watched, averaging 290 viewers with a peak of 361. That's not a massive audience, but it was devoted. The game's weird premise and the Souls-like formula attracted people looking for something genuinely different. Not every game needs to hit 1,000 concurrent viewers to matter. Steelrising was the kind of mid-tier release that rewards curiosity—unique setting, solid mechanics, and the kind of indie spirit that reminded us why we got into streaming games in the first place.

Steelrising's numbers show a tight, engaged audience. 19 hours streamed, 290 average viewers, 361 peak—that's the footprint of a game that connected with people who wanted something off the beaten path. The 5,396.5 hours watched confirms the audience was there for the full journey, not just the launch hype.