Highlights
- Hypercharge: Unboxed stands out with its light tone and unique visual style, offering a fun and addictive gaming experience.
- The game's success on Xbox, with nearly 50,000 sales in just five days, signals a promising future for the indie game.
- With positive reviews and a growing fan base, Hypercharge: Unboxed's popularity has surpassed many expectations.
Hypercharge: Unboxed has reached nearly 50,000 sales on Xbox in five days. There are plenty of video games competing for the attention of players within the multiplayer shooter genre. With a world focused on action figures fighting off evil toys, Hypercharge: Unboxed appears to set itself apart from its contemporaries by offering a much lighter tone than grittier shooter games, complimenting the game's cartoonish visual style.
Hypercharge: Unboxed is an indie game by Digital Cybercherries, a studio of six people. It began as an early access release on PC in 2017, and its full release was brought to the Switch and PC in 2020. Xbox fans have been excited to see the game make its way to their own system since Xbox first reached out to Digital Cybercherries in 2022. Despite the wait, porting the game to Xbox appears to have been a great choice, because its audience is increasing by thousands.
Hypercharge: Unboxed Adding Important New Feature
Digital Cybercherries, the developer behind Hypercharge: Unboxed, confirms a major new feature that will be added to the co-op shooter soon.
Hypercharge: Unboxed has reached almost 50,000 sales within its first week on Xbox. A post on the game's social media page sent players an emotional thanks for the support. In addition to the game's high sales, reviews for Hypercharge: Unboxed have been fairly positive. Some players note that they are especially enjoying the game's customization features. The ability to build a 90s-inspired action figure appears to add a layer of nostalgia to the experience. Other gamers appreciate the more family-friendly appeal of Hypercharge: Unboxed. Players seem to agree that taking down hordes of enemies is overall a fun and addictive experience.
It seems that Hypercharge: Unboxed's success has been a long time coming. The developers have been excited at the prospect of extending the game beyond the life of its first release. 30,000 gamers had signed up for the Hypercharge Unboxed newsletter when the Xbox port was initially announced. Now, the game has surpassed that number in sales. Based on these metrics, Digital Cybercherries may not have been expecting this release of Hypercharge: Unboxed to ever be this popular.
Success for Hypercharge: Unboxed Could Signal Promising Future for Xbox Gamers
Hypercharge: Unboxed's high sales on Xbox may be an indicator of good news regarding the platform. Fans have been concerned about the state of gaming with Xbox since its closure of 4 Bethesda studios, including Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks. Some gamers have expressed optimism about the promising future of indie gaming, and it appears that Hypercharge: Unboxed, as well as upcoming Xbox indie releases may give players more to look forward to.
Hypercharge: Unboxed
Digital Cybercherries’ Hypercharge: Unboxed is a co-op action-adventure game that blends first and third-person shooter elements. As action figures, up to four players can work together to stop Major Evil. Along with offline play and cooperative multiplayer, the game also includes PvP.
- Platform(s)
- PC , PS4 , Switch , Xbox One , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S
- Developer(s)
- Digital Cybercherries
- Publisher(s)
- Digital Cybercherries
- How Long To Beat
- 8 Hours
- Metascore
- 74
