{"id":1158103,"date":"2026-02-09T15:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/7bxRNenL4AzydPAEXA2riP"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:21:25","slug":"forget-repo-monster-hunter-wilds-and-assassins-creed-shadows-steams-current-global-top-seller-is-an-early-access-game-about-managing-a-drug-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/forget-repo-monster-hunter-wilds-and-assassins-creed-shadows-steams-current-global-top-seller-is-an-early-access-game-about-managing-a-drug-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget REPO, Monster Hunter Wilds and Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows, Steam&#8217;s current global top seller is an early access game about managing a drug empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dUxiQ1qN0rg\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The last couple of months have been packed with massive games. Monster Hunter Wilds,<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-has-almost-hit-2-million-sales-a-reminder-to-parent-company-embracer-to-bring-great-products-to-the-market\/\"> Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2<\/a>,<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/assassins-creed-shadows-hits-2-million-players-putting-it-on-track-to-be-the-series-most-successful-game-yet\/\"> Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows<\/a>,<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/split-fiction-sells-1-million-copies-over-2-days\/\"> Split Fiction<\/a>,<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/the-latest-big-game-on-steam-is-fragpunk-or-as-i-like-to-call-it-kitchen-sink-counter-strike\/\"> and Fragpunk<\/a> have all proved enormously popular with players, and let&#8217;s not forget the leftfield indie smash that is<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/horror\/after-repo-kinda-blew-up-its-developer-asks-the-community-for-advice-on-how-to-make-matchmaking-lobbies\/\"> REPO<\/a>. But which of these games has the fattest stacks this week\u2014which of them occupies that coveted number one spot on Steam&#8217;s<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/search\/?filter=globaltopsellers&#038;os=win\"> global top sellers<\/a> list?<\/p>\n<p>Well, right now, the answer is &#8216;none of them&#8217;, as they&#8217;ve all been beaten to the top by a game about building and managing your own drug empire.<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3164500\/Schedule_I\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Schedule I<\/a> released onto Steam yesterday, and having accrued over 2,000 &#8216;Overwhelmingly Positive&#8217; reviews within 24 hours, is currently sitting pretty as Steam&#8217;s no.1 digital kingpin.<\/p>\n<p>Schedule I puts players in the role of a &#8220;small time drug dealer&#8221; who arrives in the town of Hyland Point without so much as a spliff to call their own. From these lowly beginnings, you&#8217;ll &#8220;build your drug empire from the ground up&#8221; and &#8220;contend against intensifying law enforcement and deadly cartel competitors to expand your empire and reach the peak of the underworld.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The game lets players grow and manufacture a range of different drugs, then &#8220;walk, skate or drive&#8221; through its open city to sell those drugs to customers. Once you&#8217;ve got a few bills to your name, you can hire dealers to sell drugs for you and buy properties to &#8220;expand the scope and scale of your operations.&#8221; You&#8217;ll also occasionally need to deal with police or rival gangs in first-person gunfights.<\/p>\n<p>As the game&#8217;s Steam page explains, &#8220;This is a dangerous line of work.&#8221;<\/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:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"3kr9QwVXYjwmosf5YgybJ9\" name=\"scheduleI3\" alt=\"Managing your drug empire in Schedule I\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/forget-repo-monster-hunter-wilds-and-assassins-creed-shadows-steams-current-global-top-seller-is-an-early-access-game-about-managing-a-drug-empire.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: TVGS)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s basically Grand Theft Auto meets Breaking Bad, and when you view it through that lens it&#8217;s easy to see why it might be so explosively popular. It also probably helps that it supports up to 4-player co-op, which seems to be a prerequisite for any successful game these days.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, Schedule I has gone down hugely well with players, currently sitting at a 99% &#8216;Overwhelmingly Positive&#8217; rating with almost 2,500 reviews. Granted, a lot of these reviews are of the &#8220;I just sold a bunch of drugs\u2026 and in the game LOL&#8221; variety, but reading between the jokes and &#8216;I R Walter White&#8217; commentary, players seem to be genuinely jiving with its wide array of systems, and how it balances scope with depth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This game is everything I want in a good &#8216;build your own empire game&#8217;,&#8221; writes Steam reviewer Cyberleak. &#8220;You can play with friends and have fun. It doesn&#8217;t take itself too seriously which makes it fun to explore and discover.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>King Toasterbath, meanwhile, says &#8220;Schedule 1 really excels in departments that other games in the genre fall short of.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that Schedule I is an early access game. Developer TVGS (who is apparently a solo dev) aims to keep the game in alpha for 2 years, with plans for a &#8220;significant expansion&#8221; of the map, more drugs and production processes, a &#8220;larger customer and supply network&#8221; and &#8220;more fun things&#8221;. Schedule I may fall down the Steam rankings in the coming days, but at the moment, it is the game to beat. Say its name.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"50a4dcaf-2852-4ec9-a3ee-c4ff33475d27\" 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\/forget-repo-monster-hunter-wilds-and-assassins-creed-shadows-steams-current-global-top-seller-is-an-early-access-game-about-managing-a-drug-empire-1.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=\"50a4dcaf-2852-4ec9-a3ee-c4ff33475d27\" 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\/life-sim\/forget-repo-monster-hunter-wilds-and-assassins-creed-shadows-steams-current-global-top-seller-is-an-early-access-game-about-managing-a-drug-empire\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last couple of months have been packed with massive games. Monster Hunter Wilds, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows, Split Fiction, and Fragpunk have all proved enormously popular with players, and let&#8217;s not forget the leftfield indie smash that is REPO. But which of these games has the fattest stacks this week\u2014which of them occupies that coveted number one spot on Steam&#8217;s global top sellers list? Well, right now, the answer is &#8216;none of them&#8217;, as they&#8217;ve all been beaten to the top by a game about building and managing your own drug empire. Schedule I released onto Steam yesterday, and having accrued over 2,000 &#8216;Overwhelmingly Positive&#8217; reviews within 24 hours, is currently sitting pretty as Steam&#8217;s no.1 digital kingpin. 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