In fact, the tactical shooter, MOBA, and battle royale genres all started as mods. They’re an important aspect of PC games, and have a noticeable impact on the long-term sales and popularity of a title.
Mods enhance graphics as faster GPUs are released, extend a game’s lifespan with new content, expand their audience with total gameplay conversions, and keep games fresh for years after official DLC and update support has concluded.
Mod DB and Nexus Mods are the Internet’s premier mod repositories, hosting over 400,000 mods for 1,800 games.
There are millions of modders, and billions of mods are downloaded each year.
