50 million players have tried Fall Guys since the game went free to play

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Mediatonic has announced that Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout has reached a very impressive goal. On June 21, the game began Free for All and started over with a new Season 1. The first season made Fall Guys free-to-play on all platforms, including consoles and PC. Within two weeks, the game has had over 50 million players.

Mediatonic shared the historic news on Twitter, showing an image of an Earth made up of different beans. Fall Guys has arguably never been this popular since it first launched back in August 2020. The game launched early in the ongoing global pandemic and became a fan favorite online game for players to play with their friends. The game kind of petered out over the next few years, but the new Free for All season brought renewed interest to the game.

Since going free-to-play, Fall Guys has been suffering from multiple server issues and crashes. These problems often stem from the servers being overwhelmed by the sudden influx of new players. With over 50 million players trying out the game in the last two weeks, the server problems are now more apparent. Fifty million is an impressive amount of players, and it’s something that even AAA, big-budgeted games can only dream to achieve years after launch.

Fall Guys is a multiplayer, online party game where players control their own custom avatar that is shaped like a Beany man. The game takes inspiration from live-action game shows like Takeshi’s Castle and Wipeout. Players’ Beany men must traverse an obstacle course, with the last players reaching the goal being eliminated from the competition. The main purpose of the game is to be the last Bean standing after surviving multiple stages and achieving the winning crown. The game has done multiple