Only a week after its release on 28 March 2025, the developers at InZOI Studio celebrated surpassing 1 million sales on the game distribution platform Steam. A heartfelt thank you message to the player community was shared by the InZOI Studio team on their official X page: “It’s a number that still feels unreal to us and a milestone we could not have reached without each and every one of you. Your excitement, your creations, your feedback, your content, and your support have brought InZOI to life in ways we never could have imagined.”
Since its launch in Early Access in late March, the game has gathered over 13,000 Steam reviews, with an impressive 83% endorsing reviews by players worldwide. Within this framework, InZOI establishes itself swiftly on the market of life-simulation games, rivaling in its popularity more established titles such as The Sims franchise.
Powered by Unreal Engine 5, the game redefines beloved mechanics like character creation and build mode with cutting-edge lifelike graphics. InZOI’s creative toolkit offers players almost absolute freedom in their storytelling and architectural choices, making this game a breath of fresh air for all lovers of simulation games.
However, the grand success the developing team celebrates is only the beginning. According to a FAQ style tab on the game’s Steam Page, the team working at Krafton, Inc., the game’s publisher, bases numerous updates on player feedback, offering a safe space for the community to report bugs. The near future of InZOI’s development is heavily based on community engagement; this is why, during their February AMA (Ask me anything) hosted online on the game’s Discord page, the team really brought out this idea through their responses.
InZOI has shown a very strong and ambitious start. With grand plans for the future envisioned by the team, this game appears to be the next step in development for the life-simulation gaming genre.
Words by Ecaterina Vasiloi
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