Probably Stolen, a cyberpunk shopkeeper sim, hit 162,000 concurrent players on Steam. The game began life as Deepspace Emporium, a non-cyberpunk space station trading game that appeared headed for obscurity. Publisher tinyBuild backed a full overhaul with developer Questing Goose, changing the art direction and adding content. The redesign succeeded.
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Smash hit cyberpunk storekeeper Probably Stolen was originally a different, non-cyberpunk game that seemed destined to sink without trace
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