Agate Closes 2024 With Gemilang Thanks To The Success Of RIFTSTORM Global Playtest

JAKARTA - The leading game developer in Indonesia Agate International (Agate) has succeeded in making several achievements in 2024.

One of them is the success of the Alpha Playtest RIFTSTORM.

Alpha playtest RIFTSTORM managed to occupy the top position at Steam Global Trending Free for 3 consecutive days on 19-21 October 2024.

The co-op top-down action locater game from co-development Agate with Confiction Labs managed to attract global attention, with a peak consumer user increasing from 166 in the first playtest to 686 in the second playtest, and reaching 1,270 in the third playtest, up 665 percent.

In terms of demographics, 27 percent of players come from America, followed by 26 percent from Europe, 23 percent from other Asia, and 20 percent from East Asia.

Overall, players from 130 countries around the world participated in the third playtest. This achievement in the Alpha Playtest phase was then closed with 92 percent positive reviews on Steam.

In the RIFTSTORM, players act as elite secret agents with 6 selected wearers, namely Thistel, Icarus, Rouk, banyak, Hertz and Botsy to face threats from supernatural beings and cosmic powers, exploring foreign worlds full of myths and legends.

The game offers the experience of playing through a combination of intense action, adaptive strategies, and deep exploration. Players can customize each mission according to agents' strengths, enemy weaknesses, and their respective styles of play.

RIFTSTORM's success is the result of our strategic approach in creating games that are not only visually interesting but also provide an in-depth gaming experience for global players, said Shieny Aprilia, Co-Founder & CEO of Agate.

Shieny is also optimistic that this achievement will not only strengthen Agate's position on the global stage, but also demonstrates Indonesia's great potential as the center of world gaming industry innovation.