{"id":2883,"date":"2025-03-24T18:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=2883"},"modified":"2025-03-27T18:21:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T18:21:35","slug":"the-sims-clone-inzoi-is-set-to-be-the-surprise-hit-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/the-sims-clone-inzoi-is-set-to-be-the-surprise-hit-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sims clone inZOI is set to be the surprise hit of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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inZOI is already a hit on Steam (Krafton)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A new game has shot to the top of the most wanted list on Steam. and it means EA<\/a> may finally have some serious competition for The Sims.<\/p>\n

When we spoke to the director of Split Fiction<\/a> recently, we asked him why no one else was copying him, considering his last game, It Takes Two, sold over 23 million copies – while having a much smaller budget than many games that have sold less.<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t know, but then the games industry is very peculiar about what it will and won\u2019t copy. Cosy games like Animal Crossing<\/a> and Stardew Valley are still the preserve of Nintendo and indie developers, despite selling by the tens of millions, while The Sims<\/a> has sold almost 200 million copies in the last 25 years – and yet hardly anyone has ever tried to mimic it.<\/p>\n

That is set to change though, with Korean-made game inZOI due to enter early access on Friday, March 28. You might not have heard of it until recently, but the game already seems set to become a Monster Hunter Wilds<\/a> sized hit.<\/p>\n

Although inZOI will also be released on consoles there\u2019s no indication of when that will be, and the early access is purely on PC.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not going to be a problem for publisher Krafton though because inZOI is currently the most wish-listed game on Steam<\/a>, beating Hollow Knight: Silksong<\/a>, Valve’s new multiplayer game Deadlock, Elden Ring Nightreign, and Mecha Break.<\/p>\n

Although it’s worth pointing out that of those five only inZOI and Nightreign have actual release dates.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t mention Monster Hunter Wild\u2019s name randomly, as it achieved the same thing in the run up to its release and has gone on to become the biggest game of the year so far, breaking Steam records as it went<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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