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Far Far West Emerges as Steam’s Latest Indie Hit

A player surge triggered the network provider’s anti-DDoS system, disrupting public lobbies and in-game promo claims.

Overview

  • The Early Access release drew a spike in players that blocked public matchmaking and promo redemption when the provider’s anti-DDoS filters kicked in.
  • The developer said the shooter remains playable solo or with friends via session codes or Steam invites during the outage.
  • Sales topped about 250,000 in 48 hours, user reviews sit near 97 percent positive, and SteamDB shows a peak above 34,000 players with a No. 2 top-seller slot.
  • Evil Raptor shipped a hotfix that improved save backups, boosted XP for the bow and some spells, raised a boss’s health, and fixed bugs.
  • The team expects roughly a year in Early Access with more content and a higher price at version 1.0.