Galaxy exploration game Starbound has seen astounding success with its Early Access release, selling over 1 million copies already. Developers Chucklefish revealed the news in a tweet yesterday evening.
We've just passed a MILLION copies sold. Keeping with the Keanu Reeves theme… http://t.co/TNw3BzVLjc #whoa
— Starbound (@StarboundGame) January 6, 2014
It’s the latest success story for Steam’s Early Access initiative, with zombie hit Day Z Standalone selling 800,000 in under a month. This is going to be a klaxon call for developers everywhere to get their games onto Steam’s service in the hope of seeing similiar numbers.
The procedural planet explorer was released on open beta over Early Access in early December, and the developers are continuing to add new content and plan new features.