Pass the Fear, a co-op roguelite bullet hell STG from PlayMud Studio, launched on Steam for PC on July 23 and has drawn over 20,000 concurrent players, with 'Very Positive' reviews.
Pass the Fear entered the market on July 23 as a PC release on Steam, published by Paras Games and developed by PlayMud Studio. The game is a co-op roguelite bullet hell STG, a niche genre that nonetheless found an audience quickly. Within its first weeks, it peaked at 22,901 concurrent players on Steam, according to SteamDB, and accumulated roughly 1,000 reviews that sit at 'Very Positive'.
The launch was supported by a 10% discount that ran until August 6. The player numbers and review score point to a successful start for a title that does not carry a major franchise name. The game's performance stands on its own in the Steam charts, separate from the broader Japanese retail rankings, where a different title, Splatoon Raiders, dominated the week of July 20-26.
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Paras Games released PlayMud Studio's co-op roguelite bullet hell STG 'Pass the Fear' for PC via Steam on July 23. The game has peaked at 22,901 concurrent players according to SteamDB, and Steam reviews are 'Very Positive' with roughly 1,000 reviews. A 10% launch discount runs until August 6.
Nintendo's Splatoon Raiders, the first spin-off in the Splatoon series, debuted at number one on Japan's video game rankings for the week of July 20-26, according to Famitsu data compiled by Anime News Network. The Nintendo Switch 2 title sold 474,684 copies in its first week, nearly triple the second-place game's weekly total. Rhythm Heaven Groove held steady at number two with 78,355 copies, bringing its cumulative total to 674,592. Tomodachi Life remained in third place with 23,468 copies, pushing its lifetime sales past 1.5 million. The rest of the top five included Powerful Pro Baseball 2026-2027 at number four and Mario Kart World at number five. The chart also saw new entries from Shochiku Games' Yog-Sothoth's Yard at number 12 and MAGES.'s Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsu no Ma ni ka Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken Memorial Vacation at number 14, both released on July 23. Long-running titles continued to appear, with Minecraft at number eight and Splatoon 3 at number 11. The list, sourced from Famitsu, covers software sales across all platforms in Japan for the specified week.