Just two weeks after the game’s release, the Hogwarts Legacy legacies are on a roll. After topping Steam’s Top 5 Best Selling Video Games list, the new fantasy RPG has hit the Guinness World Record for being the most watched single player game of all time on Twitch, a popular gaming content streaming platform, with 1,280,000 viewers!
Ironically, viewership peaked during the three-day pre-launch edition (February 7-10), even after Hogwarts Legacy had been singled out for a boycott protest since its development plans were confirmed. in 2020. Due to Harry Potter’s controversial anti-trans and homophobic stances by author JK Rowling, the #HogwartsLegacyBoycott trended across many social media platforms and made the future of the game quite shaky before its release.
Hogwarts Legacy is a fantasy role-playing game set in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a century before the time of Harry Potter. Follow the magical quests of a fifth-year student to investigate a goblin rebellion. Like in Harry Potter, the content of the game depends on the house you choose: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Players are free to roam the Hogwarts grounds, which hide many secrets, many of which have yet to be discovered. As of now, Hogwarts Legacy quests are played in single player mode, but a multiplayer mode could be available soon, thanks to HogWarp.
Hogwarts Legacy continues to be in the top 5 most watched games on Twitch along with popular games like:
The fantasy game also made many famous Twitch streamers earn thousands in ad revenue just a day after the game was released. As of February 2023, the top 3 Hogwarts Legacy Twitch streamers with the most earnings are:
- lost
- y4splz
- NICKMERCS