{"id":1151760,"date":"2026-02-08T06:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4icngUNohymyYjC9bXwQc9"},"modified":"2026-02-08T06:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:49:07","slug":"larians-swen-vincke-subtweets-anyone-still-fixated-on-singleplayer-games-commercial-viability-they-just-have-to-be-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/larians-swen-vincke-subtweets-anyone-still-fixated-on-singleplayer-games-commercial-viability-they-just-have-to-be-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Larian\u2019s Swen Vincke subtweets anyone still fixated on singleplayer games\u2019 commercial viability: &#8216;They just have to be good&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>When Swen Vincke took the stage at 2024\u2019s Game Awards to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/larian-boss-swen-vincke-calls-out-pretty-much-the-entire-videogame-industry-at-the-game-awards\/\">call out the entire games industry<\/a> for being more committed to &#8220;market share&#8221; and &#8220;arbitrary sales targets&#8221; than making good games for their own sake, he noted that the secret formula which led to Larian\u2019s meteoric rise had nothing to do with audience expectations or brand value. Instead the team made good, trailblazing games and things just kind of worked out after that.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s doubled down in a recent <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LarAtLarian\/status\/1901901290696814993\" target=\"_blank\">post on X<\/a> which addresses skeptics of his point directly, as well as anyone saying that games need to start falling in line with multiplayer live service trends, saying it\u2019s &#8220;that time of the year again when big single player games are declared dead. Use your imagination. They&#8217;re not. They just have to be good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LarAtLarian\/status\/1901901290696814993\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:584px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:63.70%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"YJ5ZseNJRciAC5HNLB8ZjW\" name=\"Screenshot 2025-03-18 122534\" alt=\"A post on X from Swen Vincke with 49.6K views that reads: \"That time of year again when big single player games are declared dead. Use your imagination. They're not. They just have to be good.\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/larians-swen-vincke-subtweets-anyone-still-fixated-on-singleplayer-games-commercial-viability-they-just-have-to-be-good.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"372\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: X)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It should be no surprise to anyone out and enjoying singleplayer games; it feels like there\u2019s a new firecracker RPG lighting up the Steam charts every few weeks now, with Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 selling a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-sells-more-than-1-million-copies-in-just-1-day\/\">million<\/a> copies in just 24 hours and Stalker 2 hitting <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/it-launched-upside-down-and-on-fire-but-busted-and-brilliant-stalker-2-has-attracted-6-million-players-to-the-zone-in-the-last-3-months\/\">6 times that<\/a> a few months in. And though they aren\u2019t exactly singleplayer, co-op blockbusters like Split Fiction and Larian\u2019s own Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 should sufficiently demonstrate the long-standing demand for a robust PvE experience.<\/p>\n<p>But if Vincke\u2019s recent comments are anything to go by, this quip seems squarely aimed at industry-minded types who think in terms of quarterly profit and rapid, endless growth. Larian released a decade\u2019s worth of moderately successful Divinity games before the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/divinity-original-sin-2-review\/\">Original Sin<\/a> series put them in the limelight\u2014so when at events like the Game Awards, he cautions developers to build their companies slowly with earnest ideas rather than jumping on the latest hype train, he is at least speaking from experience.<\/p>\n<p>It might seem a little on the nose to say games should be good and heartfelt rather than bad and cynical, but Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley did echo the sentiment in a recent <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/rebellion-ceo-puts-the-studios-recent-avoidance-of-layoffs-down-to-control-of-scope-and-cost-sometimes-we-say-guys-this-games-too-big\/\">interview<\/a> with PC Gamer, saying: \u201cWe try to make it that we can make a really good game, and it has a very decent chance of making a profit. And that&#8217;s really what it comes down to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t initially clear what exactly begat the statement from Vincke, but he added context a few hours after his initial post, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LarAtLarian\/status\/1902064540239773846\" target=\"_blank\"><u>stating<\/u><\/a>: \u201cThe why of this tweet is hearing chatter about important industry figures stating there is no future for (big) single player games. Which means discouraging investment in (big) single player games. Which bothers me. Because I don&#8217;t think they have it right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not certain who these figures are, but Vincke noted that this sort of thinking has effects that saturate the entire industry, leading to fewer chances taken and a safer, blander landscape for games. Vincke noted that proper pushback can prevent such sneering from becoming \u201ca mantra.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincke&#8217;s recent <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/life-sim\/swen-vincke-stamps-seal-of-approval-on-stardew-valley-mod-that-yoinks-the-baldurs-gate-3-cast-out-of-d-and-d-and-into-a-cosy-pastoral-life\/\">celebration<\/a> of a Stardew Valley modder\u2019s Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 makeover also indicates that he\u2019s just passionate about game developers making things in general. And while it\u2019s an unfortunate fact of life that game production is wrapped up in a vicious industry of left-and-right layoffs and corporate greed, it\u2019s certainly true that singleplayer games are not\u2014and most likely will never be\u2014dead.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"ae75ccfd-dcb1-4f6d-a709-fb811b1aeed6\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/larians-swen-vincke-subtweets-anyone-still-fixated-on-singleplayer-games-commercial-viability-they-just-have-to-be-good.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"ae75ccfd-dcb1-4f6d-a709-fb811b1aeed6\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/larians-swen-vincke-subtweets-anyone-still-fixated-on-singleplayer-games-commercial-viability-they-just-have-to-be-good\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Swen Vincke took the stage at 2024\u2019s Game Awards to call out the entire games industry for being more committed to &#8220;market share&#8221; and &#8220;arbitrary sales targets&#8221; than making good games for their own sake, he noted that the secret formula which led to Larian\u2019s meteoric rise had nothing to do with audience expectations or brand value. Instead the team made good, trailblazing games and things just kind of worked out after that. He\u2019s doubled down in a recent post on X which addresses skeptics of his point directly, as well as anyone saying that games need to start falling in line with multiplayer live service trends, saying it\u2019s &#8220;that time of the year again when big single player games are declared dead. Use&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/larians-swen-vincke-subtweets-anyone-still-fixated-on-singleplayer-games-commercial-viability-they-just-have-to-be-good\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1151761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748],"class_list":["post-1151760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Larian\u2019s Swen Vincke subtweets anyone still fixated on singleplayer games\u2019 commercial viability: &#039;They just have to be good&#039; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When Swen Vincke took the stage 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