Ukrainian Games Festival 2024 set a new record — 1.4 million users visited the festival

The organizers compared the number of visitors to the population of Estonia.

Ukrainian Games Festival 2024 which took place on Steam on August 19-26, set a new attendance record. According to GPT Media, the organizer of the event, 1.4 million registered users of the platform visited the festival’s page during the week, last year This year, the festival also appeared on the main page of Steam.

Despite the end of the thematic sale, festival page remains available to users. They can add the projects presented during the event to their favorites list. It is worth noting that more than 450 games from Ukrainian developers took part in the festival. Among all this variety, nine new projects were also announced:

• Soul Shuffler — a card roguelike where the player will become a demon specializing in the souls of things.
• Comix Zero — is an open-world soul-searching platformer set in a comic book.
• BEYONDER — a cooperative horror shooter that combines roguelike with unknown horror in the style of the 90s.
• Whispers of the Void — a science fiction VR adventure with a fascinating storyline.
• Armageddonica — a single-player roguelike ARPG in which you have to become the leader of the celestial army.
• Boxville 2 — continues the adventures of the cans living in the box city.
• Angelo & Deemon 2: Too Hell of a Quest — a point-and-click adventure about Angelo, who seeks glory in Paradise.
• Bloody Cleanup — a cooperative horror game in which players clean up «blood and guts after strange bloody events to get money from their boss».
• PockeDate! — «pocket» dating simulator.

The festival organizers emphasized that UGF 2024 has become their largest event on Steam in the four years of its existence. They announced the return of Ukrainian Games Festival next year and promised new initiatives for Ukrainian developers. One of them is planned to be presented soon.

Source: DOU, Nachasi