The Trench — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$18Kest

grossAtFullPrice $18K · promo blend

Net to developer

$12Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

4,631

27 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$2K13% of LTD

819 units · $2.87 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 147 reviews collected over 3.6 years; English-dominant 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

819

81917.7%

Tail · units

3,81282.3%

Launch · gross

$2K

$2K12.7%

Tail · gross

$16K

$16K87.3%

Net to dev

$12K

$12K64.4%

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%

60%

→ 6

Score history · 30d retention

1 (14d ago)6 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank The Trench · 5 inbound · top 5 shown

qualityScore 6

The Sirena Expedition119 reviews · 81% pos · Giraffe Cat · 2023

+1.7

Biolum109 reviews · 81% pos · IKO · 2021

+1.7

20,000 Miles Under the Sea150 reviews · 38% pos · CreaTeam · 2020

+0.8

7821 Akuji4 reviews · 100% pos · CatBiteStudios · 2025

+0.7

THE TEMPLE0 reviews · 0% pos · TAO · 2024

+0.0

03 The Trench’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

0%0

0%0

#4Backrooms: Escape Together

88%30K

#5Subnautica: Below Zero

90%95K

#6SIGNALIS

96%29K

#7Still Wakes the Deep

88%9.7K

#8Scorn

77%13K

Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

85.7%cohort 71%

132 pos · 22 neg

Total reviews

154tracked

154 crawled

Velocity · 30d

0 / dayest

2 this month

Steam-purchase rate

93.5%flat

6.5% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

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

12 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

81.2%12587%

DEGerman

4.5%771%

RURussian

3.9%6100%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

2.6%450%

PLPolish

1.9%367%

ZHSimplified Chinese

1.3%2100%

ESSpanish

1.3%2100%

TWTraditional Chinese

0.6%1100%

DUDutch

0.6%1100%

JAJapanese

0.6%1100%

KOKorean

0.6%10%

UKUkrainian

0.6%1100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 129

84%positive

83.8% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 25

96%positive

16.2% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 132Negative 22

22171160

22·1023·0323·0824·0224·0724·1225·0525·1026·03

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

154 reviews

Free product

3/ 154

1.9% of total100% positive

Early access

0/ 154

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

7/ 154

4.5% of total100% positive

Steam Deck

3/ 154

1.9% of total67% positive

Steam purchase

144/ 154

93.5% of total86% positive

Recommended

132/ 154

85.7% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

22/ 154

14.3% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

154/ 154

100.0% of total86% positive

147 reviews · 85% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.