Banana on Steam is now the most played Steam game right now. Imagine a player base so dedicated to the grind, they don’t eat or sleep or discuss the game. They just play it 24/7. What a dedicated community! Currently at the top of the Steam Charts stands Counter Strike 2, which has been the mainstay of the leaderboards. But out of nowhere, the Banana cookie clicker game started gaining tons of traction. The gameplay? You click on the image of a Banana JPEG. There’s no upgrades or sense of progression. It’s more barebones than a flash game.
Banana Going Toe-To-Toe With Counter Strike 2 on Steam
An hour ago, Banana was the number one game on Steam Charts, beating Counter Strike with 735,000 concurrent players, while Counter Strike 2 sat at 688,000 concurrent active players. At the time of writing this post, Banana currently has 834,343,00 concurrent players, achieving its all-time peak.
Counter-Strike 2 on the other hand stands at 845,000 players at the time of writing this post, with a 24-hour peak of 1,490,399 active players. At the exponential rate that Banana is garnering traction and popularity, it won’t be long before it takes over Steam Charts as the most played game on Steam with the highest all-time peak. But that’s more of speculation on my part.
Why Are People Playing Banana on Steam?
Well, Banana uses the Steam Item Drop feature. Playing the game allows users to get Banana Skins that drop into their Steam Inventory. These Banana Skins can be traded or sold on the Steam Marketplace. Putting it simply, players are looking to make a quick buck or two.
The game features two types of Banana Skins; Rare and Common Banana Skins. You’d be surprised to know that some Banana Skins such as the Special Golden Banana Skin cost upwards of 1,400 dollars. The Crypticnana is the most expensive Banana currently on the Steam Marketplace; at 1,142 dollars, with only 5 listings.
The Banana Game is a Scam. There’s tons of market manipulation happening on part of the developers. The developers of the game have set their inventories to private and the limited number of Crypticnanas on the Steam Marketplace suggests that the devs are holding and dumping Banana JPEGs onto the Steam Marketplace.
And the people taking the brunt of the hit in this scenario are impressionable young children and not-so-smart gamers, jumping on the Banana clicker bandwagon. It’s obvious why everyone is playing the game. To buy and collect rare bananas or to play the game as long as possible in hopes of getting a Rare Banana Drop.
Conclusion
But who’s going to buy a Banana JPEG? And how long is this trend going to last? This feels like the NFT trend all over again. But from what I can tell, it’s going to blow over in a month or two. Things are going to blow over, with tons of gamers feeling scammed within a period of a month or two. Stay tuned for more Banana News on Esports Eclipse.