Yeeps: Cover and Search has simply launched on the principle Quest retailer. However, even earlier than that, the sport racked up some 20,000 evaluations on App Lab in just some months. Greater than a clone, Yeeps understands what’s particular about Gorilla Tag and how one can add meaningfully new components to the expertise.
There are those that have dismissed Gorilla Tag as a ‘meme recreation’ and a few form of viral fluke. And there are those that see one thing particular in regards to the recreation that’s price understanding. Given Gorilla Tag’s recent milestone of $100 million in revenue, it’s truthful to say the second group has the correct thought.
Developer Trass Video games definitely sees the worth in understanding what makes Gorilla Tag particular. With Yeeps: Hide and Seek, launched on Quest App Lab just some months in the past, the studio has efficiently emulated the important arm-based locomotion and social side of the sport, whereas fusing it with constructing components alongside the strains of Fortnite and Minecraft.
The sport doesn’t merely copy Gorilla Tag’s important components, however pushes them additional. The social side is amplified with in-game objects and creation, permitting gamers to make their very own buildings, mini-games, and actions. And arm-based locomotion is supplemented with much more free-form motion like gliding, grappling, and launchpads.
And it’s working.
In simply 4 months on App Lab, Yeeps amassed practically 20,000 evaluations. And the sport has solely simply launched into the principle Quest Retailer—the place it’s prone to develop much more quickly.
Gorilla Tag itself adopted an identical trajectory. Initially launched on App Lab, the sport spent practically a 12 months there whereas it unfold quickly via word-of-mouth alone, finally surpassing Beat Saber as essentially the most reviewed recreation on Quest—though it hadn’t launched on the principle Quest retailer by that time.
Since hitting the principle Quest retailer in late 2022, Gorilla Tag has grown additional nonetheless, now sitting at greater than 117,000 evaluations—essentially the most of any recreation on Quest. The sport additionally recently broke $100 million in revenue and 1 million daily active players.
Whereas Gorilla Tag has spawned numerous clones, video games like Yeeps and others are taking the components of the sport that work greatest and turning them into one thing new. The outcome has been a new genre of VR games emerging right before our eyes.