There are a few other data points in the above tweet, such as the most popular bosses to upload videos around. You’d think it was the redheaded goddess Malenia, Blade of Miquella. I mean, Kotaku Dot Comand myself in particularhave blogged quite a bit about the ruthless Queen of Rot. Her tough-ass fight even birthed a legendary player who was immortalized in the game as a fan-made summon and was gifted IRL swords by Bandai Namco and FromSoftware. But nah, Malenia was the second most popular boss to center content on. The first? Margit, The Fell Omen, the first enemy you encounter after the Grafted Scion and the forgotten Soldier of Godrick.

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Elden Ring also features 10 different classes. Of the available archetypes you can choose from to start your adventure in the Lands Between, the Samurai class was the most popular among uploaded videos. Second was the Hero, with the third being the Wretch, maybe the game’s hardest archetype because of its abysmal starting equipment and stats.

Clearly, Elden Ring has become FromSoftware’s most mainstream game thus far. While it’s unforgiving in the way Soulslikes tend to be, what FromSoft has built is compelling enough for folks to try out and be enamored by. Whether it wins any Game of the Year awards remain to be seen. However, based on these YouTube Gaming figures, it seems Elden Ring’s prospects are looking good.