REMATCH News
Rematch Hits 1 Million Units Sold After Just 4 Days on the Market
After a successful launch day with more than one million unique players, Rematch has continued its strong start, selling one million copies in its first four days.
Just four days ago, the developers at SloClap were celebrating over one million unique players on Rematch on their opening day. After this weekend Rematch has eclipsed yet another milestone in its short life, it has sold over one million units since launch. SloClap posted on X (formerly Twitter) in celebration of the one million unique players on June 20, thanking fans for playing and saying, “We are just getting started!” That post can be seen below.
One million unique players in 24 hours. Seeing so many of you jump into @PlayRematch on day one is incredible ❤️
The whole team is super grateful and already working hard on fixes and improvements!
We are just getting started! pic.twitter.com/8prkKsULJq
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Rematch review
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