New retro-styled MMO hits a new Steam high because players are... attending a poetry event?

Amassing over 3,000 positive reviews is quite the achievement for an indie project. And that feels doubly true when we're talking about a paid indie MMORPG styled after many dead and buried online adventures from the early 2000s. But that's exactly what Project: Gorgon has managed to do, and its recent peak player achievement wasn't caused by a new feature getting everyone out of town to hunt in the wild, but with a spontaneous community event. A poetry slam. And it isn't the first time it's happened. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS:Steam Next Fest has the perfect game demo for Disco Elysium fans, but it's not ZA/UM's successorOverlooked Metroidvania Ultros is the anti-Silksong, which makes it the perfect follow-up to Team Cherry's epicFellowship's time-friendly, hypercharged take on World of Warcraft dungeons springs back to life as tens of thousands of players return

Feb 25, 2026 - 01:40
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New retro-styled MMO hits a new Steam high because players are... attending a poetry event?
Amassing over 3,000 positive reviews is quite the achievement for an indie project. And that feels doubly true when we're talking about a paid indie MMORPG styled after many dead and buried online adventures from the early 2000s. But that's exactly what Project: Gorgon has managed to do, and its recent peak player achievement wasn't caused by a new feature getting everyone out of town to hunt in the wild, but with a spontaneous community event. A poetry slam. And it isn't the first time it's happened.

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RELATED LINKS:
Steam Next Fest has the perfect game demo for Disco Elysium fans, but it's not ZA/UM's successor
Overlooked Metroidvania Ultros is the anti-Silksong, which makes it the perfect follow-up to Team Cherry's epic
Fellowship's time-friendly, hypercharged take on World of Warcraft dungeons springs back to life as tens of thousands of players return

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