Terraria "still sells like hot cakes," and that's why its devs can't move on

A character in Terraria dressed in armour and holding a torch
(Image credit: Re-Logic)

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Terraria designer and developer Andrew Spinks says that it's hard to start development on a new project, because people are still buying the𝔍 game in their drov🔜es.

"After 12 years the game still sells like hot cakes," Spinks wrote on Twitter (he has since deactivated his Twitter account). "Th♛ere is so ꩲmuch demand it makes it hard to move on."

Terraria’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming 1.4.5 update will be the game's latest major patch since 2020 and is set to include crossover content with rogue-like Metroidvania 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Dead Cells. Developer Re-Logic calls 1.4.5 the sixth final update, a running gag on the repeated updates it's made to Terraria since the release of 1.4.0 in 2020 - which was meant to act as a send-off to theꦕ game.

Speaking to , Re-Logic head of business strategy Ted Murphy explains that the game’s final update was actually meant to be 1.3, which cameܫ out in 2015. Since then, Re-Logic has continued to add more content to Terraria because, well, people kee♐p buying and playing it.

Terraria has been hugely successful since it was released. By 2021, it'd sold 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:over 35 million copies, and last year it became the first 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:indie game to hit 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:one million positive reviews on Steam. Could 1.4.5 be Terraria’s final "final update"? Only time will♔ tell, but based on past form, it doesn't seem likely.

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