206 The Most Popular Game on Earth Was Made By a Teenager in 3 Days (and You've Probably Never Heard of It)

The most popular video game in the world this week isn't Fortnite or Minecraft. In fact, you've probably never heard of it.

But 9 million people were playing it concurrently. For context, Steam had 11.5 million concurrent players across ALL GAMES that same day.

So, WTF is going on with "Grow a Garden," a game inside Roblox that a teenager whipped up in 3 days?

Also: Cloud streaming just got slightly better on your Steam Deck, and Colette sends an update from the front lines of Expedition 33.

Articles discussed in this episode:

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/a-roblox-farming-game-made-by-a-teenager-in-like-three-days-had-8-9-million-players-online-at-the-same-time-steam-peaked-at-11-5-million-across-all-games-on-the-same-day/

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