Northernlion

Person · 15 cases · 2015–2026 · Canadian YouTuber and Twitch streamer

How Northernlion spread

Northernlion built a YouTube following through indie game Let's Plays, expanded to Twitch, and reached wider audiences through collaborations.

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Wikipedia views a month, from Jan 202320212022202320242025202620062010201120149 yrsMost readSep 2026 · 40.5K viewsMewgenics · Carried it · Feb 10, 2026CloverPit · Carried it · Sep 27, 2025GeoGuessr · Kept it going · Aug 24, 2024Lethal Company · Kept it going · Aug 4, 2024Balatro · Carried it · Jul 1, 2023The Password Game · Carried it · Jul 1, 2023Dredge · Carried it · Apr 2, 2023Trombone Champ · Carried it · Sep 16, 2022Vampire Survivors · Carried it · Jan 17, 2022Valheim · Carried it · Jan 1, 2021Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout · Carried it · Nov 20, 2020Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy · Kept it going · Feb 29, 2020Opus Magnum · Carried it · Oct 27, 2017Cities: Skylines · Carried it · Mar 12, 2015Darkest Dungeon · Pushed back · Feb 11, 2015Start2006New audience2010Breakout2011First press2014First big pushNov ’20PeakSep ’26YouTubeTwitchPressX

  1. 2006

    StartMay 30 · YouTube

    Letourneau created the Northernlion YouTube channel. en.wikipedia.org

  2. 2010

    New audienceAug 5 · Twitch

    He created his Northernlion Twitch channel. twitchtracker.com

  3. 2011

    BreakoutYouTube

    His Binding of Isaac Let's Play series helped him gain an online following. polygon.com

  4. 2014

    First pressMar 21 · Press

    Polygon covered his Game Developers Conference talk about YouTube creators' influence on indie game sales. polygon.com

  5. 2020

    First big pushNov · Twitch

    He joined Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jagmeet Singh for an Among Us charity stream. nme.com

  6. 2026

    PeakSep · Twitch

    He criticized collaborator Dan Gheesling's US Army-sponsored streams amid a public controversy. kotaku.com

Lethal Company

Kept it going

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Lethal Company on SteamOpen

$5.7M revenue

Mewgenics

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Mewgenics on Steam

$25M revenue

CloverPit

Carried it

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CloverPit on Steam

1M sold

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout

Carried it

57
Official Fall Guys game artwork and product page.

$185M revenue

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

Kept it going

54
Official screenshot of Getting Over It, showing the man in a pot climbing with a hammer.

3M sold

Balatro

Carried it

50
Official gameplay screenshot showing a two-pair hand, Jokers and the Big Blind target.Open

5M sold

Valheim

Carried it

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Valheim

502.4K concurrent players

GeoGuessr

Kept it going

48
GeoGuessr: Let's explore the world

65M registered users

The Password Game

Carried it

45
The password game is out now! Good luck 👹 >

10.4K Wikipedia views in a day

Trombone Champ

Carried it

44
Trombone Champ on Steam

265K sold

Opus Magnum

Carried it

46
Official Steam screenshot of an alchemical machine and its instruction timeline

1.4K concurrent players

Cities: Skylines

Carried it

45
Cities Skylines

12M sold

Dredge

Carried it

40
Dredge

1M sold

Vampire Survivors

Carried it

31
Vampire Survivors by poncle

77.1K concurrent players

Darkest Dungeon

Pushed back

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Darkest Dungeon - Terror and Madness Trailer (OFFICIAL)

1M sold