Lies of P developer Neowiz has introduced that its puppet-centered Soulslike has reached a model new gross sales milestone, only a handful of days after the discharge of its first massive story DLC.
Based on a submit on X, the motion RPG, which launched again in 2023, has reached three million gross sales. Meaning it is picked up one other two million for itself since launch month, throughout which it managed to attain the spectacular milestone of 1,000,000 copies bought.
It is seemingly that the shadowdrop of Overture, the sport’s first story growth, helped gross sales alongside; it was launched with out previous fanfare throughout the principle Summer time Recreation Fest present earlier this month, having been teased by Neowiz for a while previous to that announcement.
If you happen to’re not conversant in Lies of P, it is a Soulslike motion RPG created by Korean studio Neowiz. As you have in all probability guessed, it is a particularly free adaptation of 1883 kids’s novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, though the emphasis right here is on “free”; if you happen to’re anticipating a trustworthy retelling of Carlo Collodi’s basic fable, you will be disillusioned.
As an alternative, you are getting a reasonably simple Soulslike setup; the town of Krat, a Belle Epoque-era metropolis filled with breathtaking structure, is now sadly additionally filled with murderous puppets, and it is as much as you, a unique sort of murderous puppet, to do one thing about that.
Gameplay-wise, Lies of P hews fairly near the system; it is constructed round parry-focused fight, semi-linear exploration, and an indirect story that drip-feeds clues over the course of the sport’s working time.
The sport’s first main DLC, Overture, revolves round a legendary determine in Lies of P’s mythology by the title of Lea Florence Monad. You will uncover her story whereas additionally exploring new areas, battling new enemies, and making an attempt out some new weapons into the cut price.
Lies of P is out proper now on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, and its Overture DLC can also be accessible on all of these platforms.
