I’ve been writing about video games, television and movies for Forbes for over 10 years, and you may have seen my reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. I cover all manner of console and PC games, but if it’s about looting or shooting, I’m definitely there. If I’m watching something, it’s usually science fiction, horror or superheroic.
Every so often I am still surprised in this business, and that’s certainly the case with the new saga of “Banana,” a game where you click a banana, which is suddenly tearing up the Steam charts.
This is, of course, very funny in an absurdist way, to see this game with this many players currently the eighth most-played game on Steam ahead of Elden Ring, Team Fortress 2 and Stardew Valley.What’s happening here? There are a few theories, as it was mentioned by YouTubers in videos about Team Fortress 2’s ongoing bot problems. The idea is that the game is populated by bots, rather than those very interested in clicking a banana.
I don’t—is this trying to prove some sort of point? Is it a scam to grind out cents from Steam, Office Space style? Here’s a breakdown of the potential math of this printing money for the developer using this system:“Assuming that each player gets the maximum number of skins in a day, that is 24/3=8, and then manages to sell them, by the end of the day each player would earn:
Whatever is happening, players are on board with the joke. It currently has “Very Positive” reviews on Steam, and they’re all essentially memeing. Here’s one:
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