Goose Goose Duck—a social deduction recreation populated by lazy-eyed geese with, apparently, customizable farts—is tearing up the Steam charts. The sport has been out since 2021, launched within the wake of Amongst Us’ crewmate-shaped shadow, however its current surge in recognition isn’t due to an inexplicable renewed curiosity in enjoying detective, however Okay-pop.
It appears to have began that method, not less than. The sport, which includes finishing a mission with teammates whereas making an attempt to unmask a traitor (or as one Steam overview places it, “Amongoose”), made it on BTS member Kim “V” Tae-hyung’s Weverse stream, the place he performs multiplayer video games like Fall Guys with followers, again in November.
Weverse is Korean leisure firm Hybe Company’s model of Patreon, primarily, a spot for followers to work together with BTS and one another after they pay for a membership payment. And pay they do. By December 5, Tae-hyung’s Goose Goose Duck stream had already stacked over 8 million views on the fan app, Korean gaming journal Sport Meca studies. These views had an actual influence. After the sport’s Weverse debut, its participant rely received an astronomic kick—from round 4,000 gamers in November to 61,000 in December.
“In 10 days after V’s broadcast, Goose Goose Duck’s variety of customers elevated 5 occasions, and about two weeks later, it elevated greater than 10 occasions,” a translation of that Sport Meca article says.
However Tae-hyung hasn’t streamed Goose Goose Duck since November, and the sport has solely been getting extra in style. On January 2, large participant demand compelled builders to enhance server capability. The sport additionally lately reached its all-time peak on January 5 with 563,677 concurrent gamers, SteamDB signifies. Compared, Amongst Us peaked at 447,476 concurrent gamers two years in the past. And that’s despite Tae-hyung streaming that recreation in November, too. So perhaps Okay-pop doesn’t have the golden contact. Possibly individuals simply actually love geese.
