Human Fall Flat Leapfrogs Super Mario Bros., Edging Closer To Becoming Tenth Best-Selling Game Ever

Human Fall Flat Leapfrogs Super Mario Bros., Edging Closer To Becoming Tenth Best-Selling Game Ever

From TheGamer (Written by Sam Woods) on | OpenCritic

When you think of the ten biggest games of all time, you think of Grand Theft Auto 5, Tetris, Minecraft, Wii Sports, and Super Mario Bros. Typically, you don't tend to bundle the indie title Human Fall Flat in with those. It deserves to be, though.

As the game celebrates its tenth anniversary, developer No Brakes Games and publisher Curve Games have revealed that their puzzle-platform game has sold over 60 million copies, leapfrogging Super Mario Bros. in the process.

An argument could be made that Super Mario Bros. on the NES is the most iconic video game of all time. It was the first home-console title to feature Mario, and has been credited with saving the video game industry from the 1983 crash. There cannot be a single gamer in the world who isn't aware of it.

Human Fall Flat, on the other hand, feels a lot more niche. Geared towards a younger, more whimsical audience, the game was released in 2016, exactly ten years ago. It was created by a single developer and came about by accident when play testers found the game's physics far more enjoyable than the detective game it was supposed to be....

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