{"id":646599,"date":"2026-03-29T18:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/fall-guys-50-million-players-after-going-free-to-play"},"modified":"2026-03-29T18:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:52:18","slug":"fall-guys-surpasses-50-million-players-just-two-weeks-after-going-free-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fall-guys-surpasses-50-million-players-just-two-weeks-after-going-free-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Guys surpasses 50 million players just two weeks after going free to play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/fall-guys-surpasses-50-million-players-just-two-weeks-after-going-free-to-play.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>The team over at <strong>Mediatonic<\/strong> can continue to rejoice in their efforts. After the 2020 battle royale, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/games\/fall-guys\">Fall Guys<\/a>, went free to play in June, it has now surpassed <strong>over 50 million players in just two weeks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The title, admittedly, had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/fall-guys-free-for-all-launches-immediately-plagued-with-server-issues\">bit of a shaky start when servers would not cooperate<\/a> after it went free. Mediatonic took to socials to apologize, and it became pretty clear that the developer must&#8217;ve never expected this many players to be trundling through assault courses.<\/p>\n<p>Just 48 hours after becoming free, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FallGuysGame\/status\/1540711411629707265\/\">Fall Guys had raked in 20 million players<\/a>. Now, announced via Fall Guys&#8217; Twitter account, the game has seen over 50 million players stumble in and take to the stage in just two weeks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/fall-guys-50-million-players-after-going-free-to-play\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/fall-guys-50-million-players-after-going-free-to-play\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team over at Mediatonic can continue to rejoice in their efforts. After the 2020 battle royale, Fall Guys, went free to play in June, it has now surpassed over 50 million players in just two weeks. The title, admittedly, had a bit of a shaky start when servers would not cooperate after it went free. Mediatonic took to socials to apologize, and it became pretty clear that the developer must&#8217;ve never expected this many players to be trundling through assault courses. Just 48 hours after becoming free, Fall Guys had raked in 20 million players. Now, announced via Fall Guys&#8217; Twitter account, the game has seen over 50 million players stumble in and take to the stage in just two weeks. 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