intriguing twists", as well as the user interface and bugs. Jordan Forward of PCGamesN gave the game a 7/10 writing: "Outriders' fast-paced combat and imaginative sci-fi setting make it a journey worth taking. For all its flaws at launch, this could be the start of something very special for developer People Can Fly." Sales During its week of release, Outriders was the sixth best-selling retail game in the UK all-format charts, the second best-selling retail game in the Switzerland all-format charts, and the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 versions of the game debuted at the ninth and twentieth position of the Japan individual-format charts; with 6,596 and 2,431 physical copies sold, respectively. On Xbox, Outriders was the best-selling digital game during launch week. During its launch month of April 2021, it placed within the top ten best-selling digital games on Xbox, and within the top five best-selling digital games on PlayStation. While the game's launch was plagued with server issues, it attracted nearly 100,000 concurrent players on Steam. For the period between February 28 and April 3, 2021, Outriders was the third best-selling game in the US based on dollar sales. The game attracted 3.5 million players one month after the game's initial launch. According to Square Enix, releasing the game at launch for Xbox Game Pass subscribers "worked in their favour" as it helped the game to build an install base in a short period of time. It's unclear if Outriders was a commercial success or not, because while Square Enix stated it was "on track to become the company's next major franchise", People Can Fly have yet to receive royalties as of August 2021, leading them to suggest it hasn't yet turned a profit. People Can Fly estimate the game has sold between 2 and 3 million units. Awards In 2021, Outriders won the Technology award at the Central & Eastern European Game Awards (CEEGA), an annual award ceremony aimed at recognizing and promoting the best video games from Central and Eastern Europe. References External links Cooperative video games Multiplayer and single-player video games PlayStation 4 games PlayStation 5 games Post-apocalyptic video games Role-playing video games Science fiction video games Square Enix games Stadia games Third-person shooters Unreal Engine games 2021 video games Video games postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic Video games developed in Poland Video games set on fictional planets Windows games Xbox One games Xbox