I will admit I haven’t watched the video (I’m going to when I get home) but I thought Avowed was doing pretty well?

A number of major podcasts and outlets are signing its praises. It has some divisive scores for sure, but I’ve certainly anecdotally heard way more praise than criticism from games media, and friends of mine who are playing.

Obsidian have been on a pretty decent roll for quite some time. Avowed is exactly what Gamepass was seeking to support - smaller focused games, and it ain’t even that small. 30-50 hours from what I’m hearing.

I’m not even a massive fan of the genre, or the studio, but I don’t really get the negativity surrounding the game. Seems pretty successful by most metrics to me.

if steam is any indication i would not call it a success: https://steamdb.info/app/2457220/charts/#max
Avowed Steam Charts

Steam player count for Avowed is currently 6407 players live. Avowed had an all-time peak of 19198 concurrent players on 23 February 2025.

SteamDB
it’s not really an indication considering it’s a gamepass title

Its also available on battle net where they keep advertising it to me 😡.

May be diluted by that too.