The development team behind fighting games like Sifu and Absolver, Sloclap, stepped into the competitive multiplayer arena last week with Rematch, a soccer/football game. The multiplatform sports title immediately boosted to almost 100,000 players on Steam alone. The studio has now revealed that over a million copies of Rematch have already been sold while also sharing some fun stats from the ongoing matches between players.
Since its launch on June 19, over 11.78 million matches have been played in the title, resulting in 55.58 million goals, 33.54 million assists, and 69.12 million goalkeeper saves.
The one-million sales milestone is also impressive, considering Rematch, a $29.99 premium title, is also available on the Microsoft subscription platform Game Pass. Both Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass services received the title on the day of release for no extra cost. The studio confirmed today that Rematch has already reached 2.5 million players, including all subscription holders.
The launch was not exactly smooth, however. While originally promised for launch, crossplay between platforms was ultimately missing. The studio said that implementing the highly requested feature is now its highest priority among bug fixes and server management. Multiple hotfixes also landed over the weekend to fix numerous matchmaking issues, desyncs, and crashes.
Steam user reviews are slowly recovering following the hotfixes, with it currently touting a 78% Mostly Positive rating by players.
In future updates, the studio plans to implement AI bots for training, spectating games, social elements for easily making squads, a tournament system with clubs, and major gameplay tweaks with a separate public test server.
Rematch is now available across PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5 platforms as well as on Game Pass.
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