AAA Games Performance Bubble

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

np.random.seed(42)

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(14, 9), facecolor='#0a0a0f')
ax.set_facecolor('#0a0a0f')

games = ['Elden Ring', 'Zelda TotK', 'BG3', 'Spider-Man 2', 'FF16', 'Starfield', 'RE4 Remake', 'Diablo IV']
critic_score = np.array([96, 96, 96, 90, 87, 83, 93, 86])
players = np.array([23, 19, 15, 11, 8, 12, 7, 10])
sales = np.array([23, 20, 10, 11, 5, 12, 7, 10])

colors = ['#F5B027', '#6CF527', '#F5276C', '#F54927', '#27D3F5', '#4927F5', '#27F5B0', '#F527B0']
sizes = sales * 80

for glow_mult, glow_alpha in [(3.5, 0.02), (2.8, 0.04), (2.2, 0.06), (1.7, 0.10), (1.3, 0.15)]:
    ax.scatter(critic_score, players, s=sizes*glow_mult, c=colors, alpha=glow_alpha, edgecolors='none')

ax.scatter(critic_score, players, s=sizes, c=colors, alpha=0.9, edgecolors='none')
ax.scatter(critic_score, players, s=sizes*0.4, c=colors, alpha=0.4, edgecolors='none')
ax.scatter(critic_score - np.sqrt(sizes)*0.02, players + np.sqrt(sizes)*0.02, s=sizes*0.15, c='white', alpha=0.5, edgecolors='none')

for i, game in enumerate(games):
    offset_y = np.sqrt(sizes[i])/2 + 10
    ax.annotate(game, (critic_score[i], players[i]), fontsize=10, color='white',
                ha='center', va='bottom', xytext=(0, offset_y), textcoords='offset points', fontweight='bold')

ax.text(0.0, 1.08, 'AAA Games Performance', transform=ax.transAxes, fontsize=24, color='white', fontweight='bold')
ax.text(0.0, 1.02, 'Critic Score vs Players · Bubble size = Sales', transform=ax.transAxes, fontsize=11, color='#555555')

ax.set_xlabel('Metacritic Score', fontsize=14, color='#888888', fontweight='500', labelpad=15)
ax.set_ylabel('Active Players (Millions)', fontsize=14, color='#888888', fontweight='500', labelpad=15)
ax.tick_params(colors='#555555', labelsize=11, length=0)
ax.set_xlim(80, 100)

for y in [5, 10, 15, 20, 25]:
    ax.axhline(y=y, color='#1a1a2e', linewidth=0.8, zorder=0)
for spine in ax.spines.values():
    spine.set_visible(False)

plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()