Yeeps: Disguise and Search has simply launched on the principle Quest retailer. However, even earlier than that, the sport racked up some 20,000 evaluations on App Lab in just some months. Greater than a clone, Yeeps understands what’s particular about Gorilla Tag and the right way to add meaningfully new parts to the expertise.
There are those that have dismissed Gorilla Tag as a ‘meme sport’ and a few sort of viral fluke. And there are those that see one thing particular concerning the sport that’s value understanding. Given Gorilla Tag’s latest milestone of $100 million in income, it’s honest to say the second group has the fitting thought.
Developer Trass Video games definitely sees the worth in understanding what makes Gorilla Tag particular. With Yeeps: Disguise and Search, launched on Quest App Lab just some months in the past, the studio has efficiently emulated the important arm-based locomotion and social facet of the sport, whereas fusing it with constructing parts alongside the strains of Fortnite and Minecraft.
The sport doesn’t merely copy Gorilla Tag’s important parts, however pushes them additional. The social facet is amplified with in-game gadgets and creation, permitting gamers to make their very own constructions, mini-games, and actions. And arm-based locomotion is supplemented with much more free-form motion like gliding, grappling, and launchpads.
And it’s working.
In simply 4 months on App Lab, Yeeps amassed practically 20,000 evaluations. And the sport has solely simply launched into the principle Quest Retailer—the place it’s more likely to develop much more quickly.
Gorilla Tag itself adopted an analogous trajectory. Initially launched on App Lab, the sport spent practically a yr there whereas it unfold quickly by means of word-of-mouth alone, ultimately surpassing Beat Saber as essentially the most reviewed sport on Quest—regardless that it hadn’t launched on the principle Quest retailer by that time.
Since hitting the principle Quest retailer in late 2022, Gorilla Tag has grown additional nonetheless, now sitting at greater than 117,000 evaluations—essentially the most of any sport on Quest. The sport additionally not too long ago broke $100 million in income and 1 million day by day energetic gamers.
Whereas Gorilla Tag has spawned numerous clones, video games like Yeeps and others are taking the components of the sport that work finest and turning them into one thing new. The outcome has been a brand new style of VR video games rising proper earlier than our eyes.
