"Is this real?": Armored Core 6 is the top-selling game on Steam and a breakout moment for a 26-year-old cult hit
As we said in our Armored Core 6 review, FromSoftware's latest mech beatdown is an irresistible action experience paired with one of the studio's best-ever storylines. Its overwhelmingly positive critical reception and mounting launch hype have now pushed the game to the peak of Steam's top sellers, and after loving a cult hit for 26 years, longtime Armored Core fans can hardly believe it.
The tone over on the small but dedicated Armored Core subreddit is one of disbelief and celebration. "We are so back," technophyleboi writes over a shot of Steam's sales charts. Smol_Toby is even more stunned: "Is this real? Armored Core is #1 top seller in the world?"
Armored Core has been around since 1997, but it hasn't gotten a new numbered game since Armored Core 5 in 2012, and there's been no release at all since 2013's Armored Core: Verdict Day. FromSoftware has since become known for dark fantasy hits like Dark Souls and Elden Ring, and after a decade of these RPGs, mech lovers are all but blinking back tears as Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon rings in what could be a new golden age of giant robots.
"You don't know how much it makes me happy," says Objective-Effect-880. "This is way more important than people think." They hope that "Armored Core selling well means FromSoft will make sequels and it will revive mech genre as a whole."
"AC6 first game to make 100 Rubillion dollars," predicts ShiftyWombat420.
"I am so happy for all you oldschool AC fans, this must seem like a dream. Plus that metascore, wow," chimes in Extreme_Warthog_6636. (We're assembling a pretty intense crew of animal usernames, here.)
"You have no idea," replies DemNeurons. "My first console was a PS2, the first game I got was Armored Core 2 -
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