A new Banana game has become hugely popular on Steam, catching the attention of many gamers.

Despite its simple design with no fancy graphics or challenging gameplay, ‘Banana’ has quickly climbed up the list of most-played games. What makes it unique is that it drops banana-themed items during play, which players can sell on the Steam Market. This has caused a lot of excitement among gamers, driving its popularity through the roof.

Let’s get into the details of what makes this Banana game so special and popular.

The Banana Game

Banana is a super simple clicker game. This is how to play the game: after downloading it, click on a banana to see how many times you’ve clicked. That’s it. There are no fancy graphics, no extra features—just a banana you click on.

In the Banana game, if you click now and then, you can get about 2 items per day. These items can be sold or traded on Steam Marketplace for real money.

Even though Banana is super simple, lots of people play it. It had as many as 31,124 players at one time. And surprisingly, it’s been more popular than big games like Apex Legends, Fallout 76, Diablo 4, and Slay the Spire on Steam.

The Hype of Banana Game and Unbelievable Prices of Banana

So, why are thousands of players still playing the game? Here’s the secret: a big part of the fun happens outside the game itself. Every 3 to 18 hours, players receive a banana-themed item in their Steam inventories that they can sell on the Steam Market.

Unlike games like Counter-Strike where people pay crazy prices for skins, Banana is completely free. You get skins for free and you can sell them for free. So, it’s a real way to make money.

There are different types of bananas in the game. Some, like the ‘gentleman banana’ with a hat and shoes, are worth less than $1. Others, like the pickle-shaped banana, can go for around $15. And there was even a special golden banana that sold for over $1,000. Most sell for very little, but sometimes rare ones like Crypticnana and Sad Hamster Banana go for hundreds of dollars.

For example, on May 31, the Crypticnana banana sold for $378.92. It’s very rare, with only 25 known to exist. By June 11, its price rose to $514. The most valuable one is the Special Golden Banana, which sold for $1,378.58 on June 9 and $964.67 on June 11. Right now, there’s one listed for sale at $1,304.12.

The game developers see this as an unintended way for players to make a lot of money easily. When you sell bananas, the money goes into your Steam Wallet, which you can use to buy anything on Steam.

The four developers, who are based in Germany and South America, rely mostly on the $0.25 per banana sales to fund their business. They and Valve take a small cut from each marketplace sale, while the rest goes to the seller.

It’s unclear who’s buying them, but it’s not unusual for people to spend a lot on virtual items—similar to the hype around NFTs, which are digital collectibles.

Interestingly, you don’t even have to keep playing the game to keep receiving these banana drops. Currently, there are 77 different bananas available on the market, and it all depends on your luck in getting those rare and valuable bananas.

Are the number of gamers playing the Banana game real?

The game ‘Banana’ on Steam is facing a big problem with bots. Many players are joining because you can earn real money by selling skins, despite the game being simple (just clicking a banana to increase a number).

The number of players shown is not accurate because a lot of them are actually bots. The developers admitted this, saying only around one-third of the 141,000 players are real people, which is about 47,000 players.

The developers have asked Valve for help to fix this botting problem. It’s a serious issue because it messes up the player numbers and makes the game less fair.

In summary, while the number of players playing the Banana game seems impressive, reaching a peak of 377,000 playing at the same time, the developers say a lot of these players are actually bots. Now, why are people even buying these bananas? Some enjoy collecting digital items, while others think they can sell them for more later when the game gets even more popular and more people want these bananas.

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