{"id":661278,"date":"2026-04-02T00:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/stray-is-better-than-god-of-war-according-to-steam-users"},"modified":"2026-04-02T00:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:01:12","slug":"stray-is-better-than-god-of-war-according-to-steam-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stray-is-better-than-god-of-war-according-to-steam-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Stray is better than God of War, according to Steam users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/stray-is-better-than-god-of-war-according-to-steam-users.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/games\/stray\">Stray<\/a> is the charming catventure from BlueTwelve Studios, and the adventurous indie has taken Steam by storm, to say the least. Not only did it top Steam&#8217;s most-wishlisted the night before its release, but it&#8217;s now technically become the best game on Steam in 2022, according to user reviews.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steam250.com\">Steam250<\/a>, a platform for tracking and ranking Steam games, shows that Stray has now overtaken Sony Santa Monica&#8217;s God of War in the process. It seems that everybody wants to be a cat.<\/p>\n<p>First reported on Twitter by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/skillupyt\/status\/1551415229262639104\">SkillUp<\/a>, Stray currently has 46,244 votes from Steam users and an overall score of 8.61, which simply means that 98% of people enjoyed the game. On the other hand, God of War only trails behind ever so slightly with 53,182 votes and an overall score of 8.56, which means 97% of users are fans of God of War.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/stray-is-better-than-god-of-war-according-to-steam-users\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/stray-is-better-than-god-of-war-according-to-steam-users\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stray is the charming catventure from BlueTwelve Studios, and the adventurous indie has taken Steam by storm, to say the least. Not only did it top Steam&#8217;s most-wishlisted the night before its release, but it&#8217;s now technically become the best game on Steam in 2022, according to user reviews. Steam250, a platform for tracking and ranking Steam games, shows that Stray has now overtaken Sony Santa Monica&#8217;s God of War in the process. It seems that everybody wants to be a cat. First reported on Twitter by SkillUp, Stray currently has 46,244 votes from Steam users and an overall score of 8.61, which simply means that 98% of people enjoyed the game. 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