Methods: The Canada Files — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$269Kest

grossAtFullPrice $269K · promo blend

Net to developer

$174Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

13,481▼ 100.0%

194 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$84K31% of LTD

6K units · $14.39 ASP

Confidence

low±18%

Based on 267 reviews collected over 1 month; Chinese-heavy audience; 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

5,80643.1%

Tail · units

7,67556.9%

Launch · gross

$84K

$84K31.0%

Tail · gross

$186K

$186K69.0%

Net to dev

$174K

$174K64.4%

01 Like Score

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

Tier D · ▼ 0 7d

D ●CBAS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

52%

→ 17

Score history · 30d retention

4 (14d ago)17 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank Methods: The Canada Files · 20 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 17

Methods: The Detective Competition628 reviews · 91% pos · LockedOn Games · 2020

+2.5

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+1.9

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+1.7

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+1.3

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+1.3

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+0.7

Outbreak The Fedora Files: What Lydia Knows4 reviews · 100% pos · Dead Drop Studios LLC · 2024

+0.7

The Berenstain Bears In the Dark3 reviews · 100% pos · Brøderbund · 2025

+0.6

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+0.3

Inexplicable Geeks: Dawn of Just Us1 reviews · 100% pos · Stegalosaurus Game Development · 2018

+0.3

+ 10 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+0.5

03 Methods: The Canada Files’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

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#1Third Crisis: Neon Nights

96%671

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96%7.9K

#3Methods: The Canada Files Demo

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#4Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

97%34K

#5Ace Attorney Investigations Collection

96%3.1K

#6Methods: The Detective Competition

91%628

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89%3.1K

#8The Case of the Golden Idol

97%9.2K

Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

95.7%cohort 71%

287 pos · 13 neg

Total reviews

300tracked

300 crawled

Velocity · 30d

1 / dayest

30 this month

Steam-purchase rate

64.0%flat

36.0% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

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

4 languages · top 4 shown

ZHSimplified Chinese

92.7%27896%

ENEnglish

6.0%1894%

TWTraditional Chinese

1.0%367%

RURussian

0.3%1100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 15

93%positive

5.0% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 169

95%positive

56.3% of reviews

10-100h 116

97%positive

38.7% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 287Negative 13

1128456280

23·0423·0924·0224·0724·1225·0625·1126·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

300 reviews

Free product

16/ 300

5.3% of total100% positive

Early access

161/ 300

53.7% of total95% positive

Key activation

92/ 300

30.7% of total99% positive

Steam Deck

2/ 300

0.7% of total100% positive

Steam purchase

192/ 300

64.0% of total96% positive

Recommended

287/ 300

95.7% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

13/ 300

4.3% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

300/ 300

100.0% of total96% positive

267 reviews · 94% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.