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Mewgenics Rockets to 250,000 Sales on Steam, Profitable in Three Hours

The PC launch caps a yearslong, stop‑start development by creators Edmund McMillen with Tyler Glaiel.

Overview

  • Roughly 150,000 copies sold in about six hours and more than 250,000 in 12 hours, eclipsing McMillen’s prior day-one record for The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth.
  • Peak concurrent players reached about 66,000 on launch day as the title climbed to the top of Steam’s best‑seller charts.
  • Developers said the project recouped its full development costs in around three hours after release, without disclosing the budget.
  • Critical reception is strong with an average Metacritic score near 89 and an “Overwhelmingly Positive” user rating on Steam.
  • The game launched on Steam for PC only after a protracted development, with possible console versions mentioned previously but no platforms or dates confirmed.