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Here is the Codex top for 2012-2016: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...OU54a4aImTEdR8pIXNDs0rPyAA/edit#gid=180679672
Top-50 games with the country where the key developers reside:
There may be some mild inaccuracies (i.e., I presume there is an unspecified amount of international cooperation), but you get the picture.
To add 2017, ELEX - Germany, Battle Brothers - Germany / International, Expeditions: Viking - Denmark, Dominions 5 - Sweden, Grimoire - Australia (ex-US?), Nier: Automata - Japan, Nioh - Japan. There are also Torment: Tides of Numenera - US (California), South Park: The Fractured but Whole - US (California), and Mass Effect: Andromeda - Canada, but they are poorly rated.
As you can see, there are only three American games in the top-20, and two come from the same company (FTL is hardly an RPG, but move it to strategies if you wish). It gets somewhat better below the top-20, but it is still profoundly underwhelming, especially compared to the amazing historical output of the US until the mid-00s.
It seems to hold true for other genres well-liked at the Codex, such as intelligent strategy games. Most released games with non-tiny threads from the first and second page of the strategy section:
What do you think are the reasons for such poor performance from the US? It appears that it has never really recovered from the decline.
Top-50 games with the country where the key developers reside:
1 . The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Poland
2 . Age of Decadence - Canada / International
3 . Divinity: Original Sin - Belgium
4 . Underrail - Serbia
5 . Dark Souls - Japan
6 . Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut - US (Northwest)
7 . Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen - Japan
8 . NEO Scavenger - Canada
9 . Legend of Grimrock II - Finland
10 . FTL - US (Northwest)
11 . Fallout 1.5: Resurrection - Czech Rep.
12 . Dark Souls III - Japan
13 . Shadowrun: Hong Kong - US (Northwest)
14 . Valkyria Chronicles - Japan
15 . Expedition: Conquistador - Denmark
16 . Dark Souls II - Japan
17 . Dungeon Rats - Canada / International
18 . Xenonauts - UK
19 . Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok - International
20 . Legend of Grimrock - Finland
21 . Tales of Maj'Eyal (TOME) - France
22 . Invisible, Inc. - Canada
23 . Pillars of Eternity - US (California)
24 . Wasteland 2 - US (California)
25 . Lords of Xulima - Spain
26 . Shadowrun: Returns - US (Northwest)
27 . Stardew Valley - US (Northwest)
28 . Blackguards - Germany
29 . Might and Magic X: Legacy - Germany
30 . Grim Dawn - US (Mass.)
31 . South Park: The Stick of Truth - US (California)
32 . Steve Jackson's Sorcery! - UK
33 . Path of Exile - New Zealand
34 . Voidspire Tactics - ?
35 . Serpent in the Staglands - US (?)
36 . LISA - US (?)
37 . Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead - US (?)
38 . Thea: The Awakening - UK / Poland
39 . Stranger of Sword City - Japan
40 . The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - Japan
41 . The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC - Japan
42 . Darkest Dungeon - Canada
43 . Salt and Sanctuary - US
44 . Tyranny - US (California)
45 . The Banner Saga - US (Texas)
46 . Paper Sorcerer - ?
47 . Hard West - Poland
48 . Elminage: Gothic - Japan
49 . Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Canada
50 . Quest for Infamy - US (New York)
There may be some mild inaccuracies (i.e., I presume there is an unspecified amount of international cooperation), but you get the picture.
To add 2017, ELEX - Germany, Battle Brothers - Germany / International, Expeditions: Viking - Denmark, Dominions 5 - Sweden, Grimoire - Australia (ex-US?), Nier: Automata - Japan, Nioh - Japan. There are also Torment: Tides of Numenera - US (California), South Park: The Fractured but Whole - US (California), and Mass Effect: Andromeda - Canada, but they are poorly rated.
As you can see, there are only three American games in the top-20, and two come from the same company (FTL is hardly an RPG, but move it to strategies if you wish). It gets somewhat better below the top-20, but it is still profoundly underwhelming, especially compared to the amazing historical output of the US until the mid-00s.
It seems to hold true for other genres well-liked at the Codex, such as intelligent strategy games. Most released games with non-tiny threads from the first and second page of the strategy section:
GalCiv III, Starcraft II, Banished, Civilization VI, Offworld Trading Company - US
CK2, HoI, Victoria, EU, Stellaris, Dominions - Sweden
Rimworld, Homeworld, Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander, Dawn of War 3 - Canada
Gary Grigsby's War In The East, Total War: Warhammer 2, Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach, Total War: Rome II, Field of Glory II - UK
AoWIII, Oriental Empires - Netherlands
Factorio - Czech Rep.
King's Bounty, Eador - Russia
Cities: Skylines - Finland
SpellForce 3 - Austria
Endless Space 2, Endless Legends - France
Ultimate General: Civil War - Ukraine
HoMM7 - Germany
Age of Empires, Heroes of Might and Magic II & IV, Warcraft III, Alpha Centauri, King of Dragon Pass are American, but pretty old.
CK2, HoI, Victoria, EU, Stellaris, Dominions - Sweden
Rimworld, Homeworld, Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander, Dawn of War 3 - Canada
Gary Grigsby's War In The East, Total War: Warhammer 2, Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach, Total War: Rome II, Field of Glory II - UK
AoWIII, Oriental Empires - Netherlands
Factorio - Czech Rep.
King's Bounty, Eador - Russia
Cities: Skylines - Finland
SpellForce 3 - Austria
Endless Space 2, Endless Legends - France
Ultimate General: Civil War - Ukraine
HoMM7 - Germany
Age of Empires, Heroes of Might and Magic II & IV, Warcraft III, Alpha Centauri, King of Dragon Pass are American, but pretty old.
What do you think are the reasons for such poor performance from the US? It appears that it has never really recovered from the decline.
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