Embracer Group, the media conglomerate behind a number of sport studios, introduced in a current monetary report that Metro Awakening (2024) “underperformed” monetary expectations.
Developed by Embracer Group’s Vertigo Video games, Metro Awakening introduced the storied post-apocalyptic shooter franchise to VR for the primary time, serving as the newest ‘AAA’ high quality VR sport to focus on all main headsets, together with Quest 2 and above, SteamVR headsets, and PSVR 2.
Now, in an October – December 2024 monetary report, the corporate detailed income generated by its numerous properties, which included Let’s Sing 2025, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1-2 Remastered, Goat Simulator Remastered, and Metro Awakening.
“Metro Awakening had a optimistic reception from critics, successful the Steam VR Recreation of the Yr award, however underperformed administration monetary expectations,” the Embracer Group report states.
The corporate says income for Q3 2024 was led by these releases talked about above, amounting to SEK 235 million (~$22 million USD), marking a lower of -50% year-over-year for a similar interval within the 12 months prior.
Nonetheless, it’s unclear what the expectations for Metro Awakening really had been, or how a lot income the sport has generated to this point. It’s clear nonetheless Metro Awakening wasn’t the homerun hit the corporate hoped for, having tapped VR veteran studio Vertigo Video games to develop the IP, which was initially developed by sister firm 4A Video games.
As a VR-exclusive sport, Metro Awakening has seen pretty optimistic consumer critiques throughout all supported platforms although. On each Quest and PSVR 2, it presently sits round a [4.5/5] consumer ranking—on PSVR 2, it’s garnered over 1,700 critiques, whereas on Quest it has 1,100 on the time of this writing. It’s a barely completely different story on Steam nonetheless, the place it has a 74% consumer rating from practically 1,900 customers, giving it a ‘Principally Optimistic’ total rating.
In our launch day evaluate, we famous Metro Awakening succeeded in capturing the gritty, post-apocalyptic ambiance of the storied sequence in VR, bringing classics mechanics equivalent to scavenging, sneaking, and taking pictures to the forefront. Whereas visually intense, we discovered the sport faltered considerably with a lackluster story and a essential lack of gameplay selection. You possibly can learn extra in our evaluate of Metro Awakening right here to search out out why get gave it a stable [7.5/10].
