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Dear Passengers hits No. 12 on Steam wishlist a week after reveal

Dear Passengers, a chaotic co-op plane game from Kyiv studio Flexus, reached number 12 on Steam's top wishlists within a week of its announcement. Its July 14 trailer reportedly added about 700,000 wishlists in 36 hours and topped 1.5 million a few days later. The game tasks players with running a troubled airline amid hazards like turbulence, bird strikes and dangerous cargo. Flexus faced backlash over controversial character references in the trailer and posted a response saying characters are fictional and condemning the referenced crimes.

• Reached #12 on Steam wishlists within one week
• ~700,000 wishlists in 36 hours; over 1.5 million soon after
• Kyiv-based Flexus developing chaotic cooperative airline game
• Trailer prompted criticism for controversial character references; studio issued a response