Game Dev Story — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$820Kest

grossAtFullPrice $820K · promo blend

Net to developer

$528Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

91,268▼ 100.0%

353 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$69K8% of LTD

11K units · $6.47 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 1,317 reviews collected over 4.1 years; Chinese-heavy 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

11K

10,60311.6%

Tail · units

81K

80,66588.4%

Launch · gross

$69K

$69K8.4%

Tail · gross

$752K

$752K91.6%

Net to dev

$528K

$528K64.4%

01 Like Score

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

Tier D · ▲ 1 7d

D ●CBAS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

41%

→ 7

Score history · 30d retention

1 (14d ago)7 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank Game Dev Story · 10 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 7

Dungeon Village 2604 reviews · 86% pos · Kairosoft Co.,Ltd · 2023

+2.4

Sunset Game Shop Shayou28 reviews · 96% pos · Lobstudio · 2026

+1.4

GB BASIC14 reviews · 92% pos · Tony Wang · 2025

+1.1

Botomy2 reviews · 100% pos · Brokkli Labs LLC · 2025

+0.5

Platform Game Maker3 reviews · 33% pos · Playstige Interactive · 2023

+0.2

HANDMADE CARPROGRAM0 reviews · 0% pos · ストロングツリー(HusHucHuライス) · 2021

+0.0

Let's Build a Dungeon0 reviews · 0% pos · Springloaded · 2026

+0.0

Legends of War: Chronicles of Darkness0 reviews · 0% pos · WILLIWAW Hub

+0.0

Notemon0 reviews · 0% pos · Croaking Kero

+0.0

Algorithmically0 reviews · 0% pos · Pipera Games · 2026

+0.0

03 Game Dev Story’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

View all →

#1Let's Build a Dungeon

0%0

#2Two Point Museum

95%8.5K

#3Let's Build a Dungeon Demo

——

#4Fantasy World Manager

0%0

0%0

#8Crusaders Quest : Hero Town

83%1.8K

Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

90.5%cohort 71%

1,245 pos · 130 neg

Total reviews

1.4Ktracked

1,375 crawled

Velocity · 30d

0 / dayest

12 this month

Steam-purchase rate

92.4%flat

7.6% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

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

20 languages · top 12 shown

ZHSimplified Chinese

36.1%49689%

ENEnglish

20.1%27693%

KOKorean

11.7%16193%

JAJapanese

7.8%10791%

TWTraditional Chinese

7.4%10295%

THThai

5.7%7990%

TRTurkish

2.5%3482%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

2.3%31100%

RURussian

1.7%2467%

ESSpanish

1.3%1889%

DEGerman

1.2%1794%

FRFrench

0.6%875%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 92

71%positive

6.7% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 846

92%positive

61.5% of reviews

10-100h 434

93%positive

31.6% of reviews

100h+ 3

100%positive

0.2% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 1,245Negative 130

785939200

22·0322·1023·0523·1224·0725·0225·0926·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

1,375 reviews

Free product

47/ 1,375

3.4% of total98% positive

Early access

0/ 1,375

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

58/ 1,375

4.2% of total97% positive

Steam Deck

25/ 1,375

1.8% of total88% positive

Steam purchase

1,270/ 1,375

92.4% of total91% positive

Recommended

1,245/ 1,375

90.5% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

130/ 1,375

9.5% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

1,375/ 1,375

100.0% of total91% positive

1,317 reviews · 90% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.