The Signal State — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$432Kest

grossAtFullPrice $432K · promo blend

Net to developer

$278Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

21,622▼ 100.0%

177 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$76K18% of LTD

5K units · $14.39 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 624 reviews collected over 4.6 years; balanced multi-language audience; non-Early-Access.

01 Revenue · monthly

Gross consumer spend USD

Gross

02 Lifetime breakdown

Launch window vs tail · units & spend

30 days launch window

Launch · units

5,30124.5%

Tail · units

16K

16,32175.5%

Launch · gross

$76K

$76K17.6%

Tail · gross

$356K

$356K82.4%

Net to dev

$278K

$278K64.4%

01 Like Score

qualityScore = Σ inbound · log₁₀(reviews+1) · positive% · rank-bonus

Tier C · ▼ 4 7d

DC ●BAS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

88%

→ 82

Score history · 30d retention

41 (14d ago)82 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank The Signal State · 55 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 82

Bitburner7.2K reviews · 95% pos · Fulcrum Games · 2021

+3.7

Opus Magnum5.6K reviews · 97% pos · Zachtronics · 2017

+3.6

EXAPUNKS1.3K reviews · 96% pos · Zachtronics · 2018

+3.0

Replicube646 reviews · 97% pos · Walaber Entertainment LLC · 2025

+2.7

Contraption Maker907 reviews · 92% pos · Kevin Ryan · 2014

+2.7

ABI-DOS408 reviews · 92% pos · ABI.DOS.SOFTWARE · 2024

+2.4

Virtual Circuit Board286 reviews · 93% pos · Reverie Foundry · 2023

+2.3

AI Learns To Drive175 reviews · 96% pos · ActivationFunction · 2025

+2.2

JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator351 reviews · 77% pos · Prof. Scherer · 2025

+2.0

Linkito142 reviews · 88% pos · Kalinarm · 2024

+1.9

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+21.8

03 The Signal State’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

View all →

#1shapez 2 - Factory

97%13K

#2The Signal State Demo

——

#3Opus Magnum

97%5.6K

#4The Farmer Was Replaced

95%8.0K

#5JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator

Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

86.9%cohort 71%

577 pos · 87 neg

Total reviews

664tracked

664 crawled

Velocity · 30d

0 / dayest

7 this month

Steam-purchase rate

93.1%flat

6.9% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive

16 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

55.0%36586%

ZHSimplified Chinese

27.6%18392%

RURussian

5.1%3476%

KOKorean

3.2%2186%

JAJapanese

2.7%1889%

TWTraditional Chinese

1.8%1275%

DEGerman

1.5%1090%

FRFrench

1.1%786%

ESSpanish

0.5%367%

PLPolish

0.5%3100%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

0.3%250%

ITItalian

0.3%2100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 61

74%positive

9.2% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 434

86%positive

65.4% of reviews

10-100h 167

95%positive

25.2% of reviews

100h+ 2

100%positive

0.3% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 577Negative 87

1057953260

21·0922·0422·1123·0624·0124·0825·0325·1026·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

664 reviews

Free product

5/ 664

0.8% of total100% positive

Early access

0/ 664

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

41/ 664

6.2% of total88% positive

Steam Deck

2/ 664

0.3% of total100% positive

Steam purchase

618/ 664

93.1% of total87% positive

Recommended

577/ 664

86.9% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

87/ 664

13.1% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

664/ 664

100.0% of total87% positive

624 reviews · 86% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.