Fall Guys' Steam player count skyrockets a day after it becomes an Epic exclusive

pcgamer.com:

Fall Guys went free-to-play(opens in new tab) yesterday, alongside a move to Epic Games Store exclusivity and delisting from Steam, and the change was a big success—so big that it wreaked havoc upon the game servers, which struggled (and, at times, failed) to deal with the sudden new load.

The first sign of trouble appeared yesterday morning, when developer Mediatonic said on Twitter (in typical Fall Guys fashion) that some players were unable to access matchmaking services following the free-to-play changeover.

am sorry but a lot of the frosting dried so this is taking some time to clean upi also added ants thinking they'd eat the frosting but it made the problem worseyour continued patience through this is appreciated!!! https://t.co/GrN4BVLyA2June 21, 2022

A couple of hours after that, custom lobbies(opens in new tab) were temporarily disabled so developers could continue working on the game; by yesterday afternoon, things were apparently getting better but the studio warned that «there may be some teething issues whilst all bajillion of you try to play at once(opens in new tab).» Then earlier today, Mediatonic took the «daily» section of the in-game store down to correct some issues, which apparently caused some players to get booted from the game.

«When loads of people try to get back in at once it gets a lil spicy, but you will be let in eventually dw,» the studio tweeted.

if you got booted from the game during this, you may have to try joining a few timeswhen loads of people try to get back in at once it gets a lil spicy, but you will be let in eventually dwJune 22, 2022

Server crushes are nothing new in the games business, but Mediatonic can be forgiven for not seeing this one coming. Fall Guys is a couple years