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10 great cult games nobody bothered to buy

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• published: 06 Jul 2016
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If you read lots of game magazines and websites, from time to time you will catch them talking about cult classics. These are games for the true gaming connoisseur. And quite often they just didn’t do so well commercially. Here are 10 cult games that hardly anyone bothered to buy. 1. Tokyo Jungle (0,26 million) In Tokyo Jungle you play an animal trying to survive in a deserted city. You can be a Pomeranian forced to give up its domestic life, or a lion seeking a home. This rough gem only sold a little over 250 thousands copies but is one of the most special games available for the Playstation 3. 2. Psychonauts (1.5 million) Tim Schafer is one of the greatest game developers out there, but that doesn’t mean his games always sell. Psychonauts is one of the most interesting and deep adventure games out there, but basically everything that could go wrong went wrong while publishing this game. In the end only 1.5 million gamers bought the game. 3. Grim Fandango (0,35 million) An even more acclaimed title is Grim Fandango. This adventure game was also made by Tim Schafer. It won many awards and is considered one of the best adventure games of all time. But it sold only a couple of hundred thousand copies. In the end LucasArts decided to close its adventure game division because of this commercial failure. 4. Spec Ops: The Line (1.14 million) People have been talking about Spec Ops: The Line ever since it was released 4 years ago. Its story is one of the best ever written for a shooter. However, not many people actually played the game. Estimates indicate it sold around 800 thousand copies in its first year. And thanks to bundles and Steam sales it’s now just over 1.1 million copies. 5. Conker’s Bad Fur Day (0,77 million) The Nintendo 64 has enough amazing, kid friendly platform games. But Conker’s Bad Fur Day was aimed at an adult audience. This meant Nintendo did not help out promoting the game, resulting in hardly any media exposure. Suffice to say, with only 770 thousand copies sold Conker’s Bad Fur Day fell victim to its own foul mouth and the Nintendo ad-blocker. 6. Alpha Protocol (1,2 million) An action role playing game about a secret agent sounds like a dream come true. Unfortunately Alpha Protocol was flawed and buggy. Once again it was the story that really stood out thanks to its Mass Effect-style of dialogue choices. With only 1.2 million copies sold, publisher SEGA didn’t want a sequel. However developer Obsidian expressed their wishes for a follow-up a few years ago. So who knows? 7. Beyond Good and Evil (0.5 million) For years we have been waiting on Beyond Good and Evil 2. This would be a sequel to a game that was a big commercial flop. With just half a million copies sold the first game was a big disappointment, even though it was praised by critics. Beyond Good and Evil is now one of the biggest cult classics out there… and we are still hoping for that sequel. 8. Jet Set Radio (“relatively low”) Jet Set Radio is perhaps one of the best skating games ever made and its soundtrack was amazing. It was a good reason to get a Dreamcast. But in the end that also was the problem, you needed a Dreamcast for this game and not many people had those. Official numbers are lacking, but Sega has stated that the sales numbers of Jet Set Radio were “relatively low”. And yet, critics still praise this game up until this day. 9. The Saboteur (1,03 million) With just over one million sold, The Saboteur was a commercial failure. It even resulted in the closure of the once so beloved game studio Pandemic. In The Saboteur you had to liberate areas of Paris from German occupation and bring color and hope back into the life of the citizens. All in order the avenge your friends death. It’s a shame not more people played this hidden gem. 10. Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (1,2 million) Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is based on a classic piece of literature and features the acting of Andy Serkis. What you get is a fascinating story about a group of friends saving the world from evil, but not knowing whether they really did the right thing. This really was a great third person action game. After a year it only sold 730 thousand copies, putting a planned sequel back into the freezer. Did you buy any of these games? Or are you now planning to look them up on Ebay and Steam and try them out yourself? Let us know in the comments and do not forget to like this video and follow us on social media! ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ GET OUR APP ► iOS - bit.ly/ZGCommunityApp ► Android - bit.ly/ZGCommunityAndroid ZOOMINGAMES ON SOCIAL MEDIA ► Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/zoomingames ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/zoomingames ► Snapchat - zoomintvgames ► Instagram - zoomingames.ig ► Twitch - http://www.twitch.tv/zoomintvgames ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ MUSIC AND AUDIO Music provided by Epidemic Sound. http://www.epidemicsound.com/youtube-creator-subscription/