Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Multiplayer Is Nearly Unplayable On Steam

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The lack of an active player base has rendered Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl nearly unplayable in online matches on Steam. While a promising alternative to Nintendo's character brawler, Nickelodeon’s take on Super Smash Bros. stumbled out of the gate with an all-around, competent game, but one that severely lacked in presentation and content. Despite its shaky start, there were some aspects that Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl did better than Smash Bros., like its brawl-focused gameplay.

The explosive success of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has given rise to the aspirations of other IP holders outside of video games to capture that success with their famous characters. Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl was the first of these contemporary challengers and wasted no time trying to fill Ultimate’s shoes, releasing in October 2021, the same month Smash received its final DLC character. Though a capable fighting game overall, All-Star Brawl's lack of presentation and polish, including an initial absence of voice acting, made the game seem devoid of personality. The scarcity of content inevitably led to a lack of motivation for players to return to the game after initial playthroughs. Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl did add voice acting this past June, but by then, its player base had already begun to dwindle.

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A recent article from TheGamer revealed a severe drop in players for Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl on Steam. TheGamer reports that SteamDB, a tool that tracks player activity for Steam games, recorded that Nickelodeon's character brawler peaked at 52 players in the past month and saw repeated instances of dropping below 10 players. This decline in player activity