# Needy Streamer Overload

> A streamer simulation sold over 100,000 copies in its first week.

- Owner: WSS playground and Xemono
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2022-01-21
- Observed peak date: Jan 2022
- Date basis: Observed peak within the documented measurement window; not an all-time maximum. Some dates are known only to the week, month or year.
- Spread Score: 28 (Niche), v1.3
- Mechanics: Platform jump, Controversy

## Summary

WSS released the game on Steam in January 2022. Streamers played it, and the publisher reported more than 100,000 first-week sales.

## Timeline

- 2021-11-06 — Gematsu (Press) — WSS announced the English title and a January Steam release.
- 2022-01-21 — WSS playground and Xemono (Open web) — The streamer-management game launched on Steam.
- 2022-01-28 — Automaton (Press) — Automaton reported that the publisher said first-week sales exceeded 100,000.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/mcp#api).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/needy-streamer-overload-2022

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Needy Streamer Overload.” Case HIS-01819. Spread Score v1.3: 28/100. Updated 2026-10-28. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01819