Four times more players prefer to play with a banana than Elden Ring or GTA 5, we can’t believe it!

Game news Four times more players prefer to play with a banana than Elden Ring or GTA 5, we can’t believe it!

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A banana or Entre-Terre? The choice is quickly made

While the release of Shadow of the Erdtree is coming quickly, Elden Ring is slowly rising in the rankings of the different video game platforms, starting with Steam where it currently appears in the top 5 of the best-selling games in the world. But even if it is one of the best sellers on the platform Valve right now, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the most played game. According to SteamDBthe title of FromSoftware is only in tenth place in terms of the number of competing players, with Grand Theft Auto V right in front of him, and games like Counter-Strike 2 And Dota 2 at the top of the ranking.

But the most surprising thing is the title that we find in third place. It is Bananaan independent game published by sky who joined the platform in April 2024. In Banana, you find yourself faced with a banana, with a greenish background which is reminiscent of the result of gastro. As in everything clicker game, just click repeatedly with your mouse. In the case of Bananathis serves to increase the number displayed on the screen, without any other particular purpose. So why is Banana one of the most played games on Steam?

Would you like a banana again?

According to data collected by SteamDBthe game Banana reached a record of more than 480,000 competing players this week – unprecedented for a clicker game, and almost four times more than Elden Ring or GTA 5. Such a result can be explained by the banana market implemented by the developers, since players are rewarded for their clicks with bananas with different designs in their Steam inventory. Each type of banana has real money value which is specific to it, and it is possible to sell or exchange them on the Valve platform to complete your collection, or even to buy them directly in the game store.

For example, a “Cherry blossomana” will earn you an average of €0.04, while rarer bananas, like “Crypticnana” can earn you up to 500€ due to its rarity, since there are only 25 copiesand you can even exceed the 1300€ to get you the “Special Golden Banana”. This banana market essentially functions as NFTs without using blockchain, which has attracted quite a few bots in turn responsible for inflating the statistics, at least in part.

In an interview with Polygonthe developers explained that they were in contact with Valve to try to limit bots, which could bring down previously astronomical numbers over the coming weeks. In the meantime, it is difficult to know whether Banana is really just a “stupid game” as the developers claim, or something more sinister given its astonishing resemblance to NFTs…