Crucible currently has less than 1,000 viewers on Twitch. Just one week after launch, the game has about as many viewers as Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver, Cuphead, and Final Fantasy IX. It’s currently the 215th most popular game on Steam behind They Are Billions and Realm Royale. Crucible isn’t perfect, but it certainly isn’t a disaster that should be getting completely overlooked like this. The biggest problem I’ve seen from watching the reaction online is that no one is even aware that the game exists. As the owners of the largest video game streaming platform, everyone should have heard of Crucible at this point, but it seems like that isn’t the case.
Last year, Apex Legends was officially announced and released on the same day with the support of just about every top streamer on Twitch. Ninja, Shroud, Dr Disrespect, and many others played Apex Legends almost exclusively for the first week. While this surely cost EA millions in sponsorships, the boost it gave to the game is undeniable. Apex Legends amassed 50 million players in its first month, breaking the record set by Fortnite for the biggest launch.
Crucible had barely a handful of prominent streamers playing the game on day 1. TimtheTatman and Dr. Lupo were sponsored to play the game the first day but moved on immediately after. The game had virtually no presence among the platform’s top streamers.
