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It's genuinely a phenomenal 10/10 game, but I feel it was made specifically for a fandom to obsess over it, and I am glad for those people, I really am, but
https://steamdb.info/app/1671210/charts/
The game is estimated to have nearly 1 million owned copies, and that's just on steam, and had over 100K players running the game at its peak.
https://steamdb.info/app/391540/charts/
Undertale has at least 6 million owned copies, with over 200K players running it at its peak.
I wouldn't consider this game to be niche. It does have a fandom, but it's a game enjoyed vastly by more people outside the fandom. I had to convince my friend to play despite avoiding it due to the obsessive fandom (which I have nothing against), and they genuinely enjoyed it, even when a "steam friend" called them the f-slur for playing it. I don't think it's fair or true to say this game is solely made for a fandom to obsess over when the game accrued wide popularity across all kinds of people.
Even people who love the game say there's a lot of brainrot (complimentary?) and fandom stuff because there just objectively is. There's literally a
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semi-secret boss rush where the bosses are literally just fan theories about who Mike is.There's bits about Ralsei as merchandise with an actual plush. There's just a ton of extremely "for the fans" content.
That's fair.
Nevertheless, my point is that the games are highly popular as they are approachable to most people, and many people cherish the story, the characters, and the gameplay. In instances of the "for the fans" content inside the games, I believe most people who do not participate in the fandom just glaze them over and still enjoy the game. The fandom shouldn't stir anyone away from playing the game, nor does it for at least hundreds of thousands to millions of people.