# NPCs

Fallout 76's design director defends the original absence of NPCs, while Fable boasts [----] handcrafted NPCs for players to interact with.

### About NPCs
NPCs are non-player characters controlled by artificial intelligence within video games.  

### Insights
- npcs sentiment near a 52-week high at [--].
- npcs posts created is up 3106.25% from the previous week.

### Engagements: [---------] (24h)
![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:npcs/c:line/m:interactions/iv:1d.svg)  
[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/npcs/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
Current Value: [---------]  
Daily Average: [---------]  
[--] Week: [---------] +22,140%  
[--] Month: [-----------] -47%  
[--] Months: [-------------] +79%  
[--] Year: [-------------] +128%  
1-Year High: [----------] on 2025-10-05  
1-Year Low: [---------] on 2025-09-01  

Engagements by network (24h):
Reddit: [------]
News: [-----]
YouTube: [---------]
TikTok: [---------]
X: [---------]

  
  
### Mentions: [-----] (24h)
![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:npcs/c:line/m:posts_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/npcs/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
Current Value: [-----]  
Daily Average: [-----]  
1-Year High: [-----] on 2025-12-22  
1-Year Low: [-----] on 2025-03-16  

Mentions by network (24h):
Reddit: [---]
News: [--]
YouTube: [-----]
TikTok: [---]
X: [-----]

  
  
### Creators: [-----] (24h)
![Creators Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:npcs/c:line/m:contributors_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/npcs/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
[-----] unique social accounts have posts mentioning NPCs in the last [--] hours which is up 12% from [-----] in the previous [--] hours
Daily Average: [-----]  
1-Year High: [-----] on 2025-12-20  
1-Year Low: [-----] on 2025-03-16  

The most influential creators that mention NPCs in the last [--] hours

| Creator                                            | Rank | Followers  | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                            | ---- | ---------  | ----- | ----------- |
| [@RevolverBets](/creator/twitter/RevolverBets)     | [--]    | [------]     | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@upediashorts](/creator/youtube/upediashorts)     | [--]    | [----------] | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@drippykickz_](/creator/tiktok/drippykickz_)      | [--]    | [-------]    | [--]     | [---]         |
| [@npcsolananews](/creator/twitter/npcsolananews)   | [--]    | [------]     | [--]    | [---]         |
| [@NPCS_6969](/creator/twitter/NPCS_6969)           | [--]    | [---]        | [--]     | [---]         |
| [@LucidLabs7](/creator/twitter/LucidLabs7)         | [--]    | [-----]      | [--]     | [--]          |
| [@npcs_believer](/creator/twitter/npcs_believer)   | [--]    | [---]        | [--]     | [--]          |
| [@CryptoWaseemO](/creator/twitter/CryptoWaseemO)   | [--]    | [---]        | [--]     | [--]          |
| [@NPCS_tycoon](/creator/twitter/NPCS_tycoon)       | [--]    | [---]        | [--]     | [--]          |
| [@NpcsAmbassador](/creator/twitter/NpcsAmbassador) | [--]   | [---]        | [--]     | [--]           |

[View More](/list/creators/npcs/100)
  
  
### Sentiment: 82%
![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:npcs/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/npcs/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
Current Value: 82%  
Daily Average: 58%  
[--] Week: 50% -5%  
[--] Month: 66% +8%  
[--] Months: 66% -17%  
[--] Year: 66% +7%  
1-Year High: 84% on 2025-03-10  
1-Year Low: 5% on 2025-02-21  

Most Supportive Themes:
- Community Enthusiasm: (75%) The overall sentiment surrounding NPCs is overwhelmingly positive, indicating strong approval and enthusiasm from the community.
  
Most Critical Themes:
- Low Discussion Volume: (15%) The low number of mentions suggests that while sentiment is high, active discussion and engagement around NPCs are currently limited.
- Limited Creator Activity: (10%) A low number of creators actively discussing NPCs indicates a potential bottleneck in content generation and community expansion.
  

### Top NPCs News
Top news links shared on social in the last [--] hours  

*Showing a maximum of [--] news posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*  

"Fallout 76's design director is still defending its original absence of NPCs: 'At the beginning we wanted it all to be player-driven' PC Gamer I guess they briefly forgot about all the other player-driven Fallouts full of NPCs"  
[News Link](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/fallout-76s-design-director-is-still-defending-its-original-absence-of-npcs-at-the-beginning-we-wanted-it-all-to-be-player-driven) [@pcgamer](/creator/x/pcgamer) 2026-02-09T16:18Z 3.2M followers, 14.8K engagements


"'It'll Be a Bit of Work but You Could Marry Them All' Fable Has [----] Handcrafted NPCs for You to Play Around With - IGN Fable the upcoming open-world fantasy RPG from Playground Games has [----] fully voiced NPCs and if you do the right things you can marry every single one of them"  
[News Link](https://www.ign.com/articles/itll-be-a-bit-of-work-but-you-could-marry-them-all-fable-has-1000-handcrafted-npcs-for-you-to-play-around-with) [@IGN](/creator/x/IGN) 2026-01-23T21:00Z 10M followers, 401.2K engagements



### Top NPCs Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

*Showing a maximum of [--] top social posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*

"Why should NPC mean low autonomy Its the *playable* characters in a game who lack autonomy They dont do anything unless you move them NPCs behaviors deterministic though they may be at least take place outside of your control. Which is perhaps why you deride them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ratlimit/status/2021260622692745508) [@ratlimit](/creator/x/ratlimit) 2026-02-10T16:31Z 83.2K followers, 32.3K engagements


"Knights of Favonius are getting serious wow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/argelitetimely/status/2021254459670647023) [@argelitetimely](/creator/x/argelitetimely) 2026-02-10T16:06Z [----] followers, 166.6K engagements


"@shitpost_2049 The mark of someone who would be useless in a revolution is if Im driving the speed limit and youre going faster than me youre breaking the law . Genuine walking human NPCs that exist only to piss the rest of us off"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PPercalator/status/2021251018009329996) [@PPercalator](/creator/x/PPercalator) 2026-02-10T15:52Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"Michael uses nothing but pure aura to get NPCs out of their cars in GTA 5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GTAVI_Countdown/status/2021242220355993731) [@GTAVI_Countdown](/creator/x/GTAVI_Countdown) 2026-02-10T15:17Z 467.7K followers, 144.3K engagements

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