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JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
Prof. Scherer
· Jan 18, 2025
Automation
Logic
Programming
Education
Puzzle
+15
B
Like Score · tier B
196
qualityScore
▲
8 · 7d
Price
$17.99
Reviews
372
76% positive
Inbound MLT
132
peers liking this
Lifetime units
8,537
est · medium conf
Status
Live
Mostly Positive
Live
· refreshed Aug 13
Store ↗
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Community ↗
01
Sales
$133K est
02
Like Score
196 · 132
03
Reviews
388
Lifetime gross spend
$133K
est
grossAtFullPrice $154K · promo blend
Net to developer
$85K
est
after Valve / VAT / refunds
Lifetime units
8,537
▼ 100.0%
78 / day median · launch
Launch window · 30d
$30K
23% of LTD
2K units · $12.95 ASP
Confidence
medium
±18%
Based on 372 reviews collected over 1.6 years; English-dominant audience; Early-Access.
01
Revenue · monthly
Gross consumer spend USD
Gross
01
Like Score
qualityScore = Σ inbound · log₁₀(reviews+1) · positive% · rank-bonus
196
QUALITY SCORE
Tier
B
·
▲ 8
7d
D
C
B ●
A
S
Inbound
132
×
Σ log₁₀(R+1)
63
Avg pos%
89%
→ 196
Score history · 30d retention
243 (29d ago)
196 (now)
02
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Outbound MLT · 30 games
#1
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94%
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#4
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#6
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#7
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0
Review score
6
/ 9
Mostly Positive
% positive
77.3%
cohort 71%
300 pos · 88 neg
Total reviews
388
tracked
388 crawled
Velocity · all-time
0 / day
est
388 all-time
Steam-purchase rate
95.1%
flat
4.9% free / EA / key
01
Language distribution
Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive
15 languages · top 12 shown
EN
English
65.2%
253
78%
RU
Russian
15.2%
59
73%
ZH
Simplified Chinese
5.7%
22
86%
DE
German
5.2%
20
80%
FR
French
3.1%
12
67%
ES
Spanish
1.8%
7
100%
PT
Brazilian Portuguese
1.3%
5
40%
FI
finnish
0.5%
2
100%
KO
Korean
0.5%
2
100%
CZ
Czech
0.3%
1
100%
ES
Latin American Spanish
0.3%
1
0%
PL
Polish
0.3%
1
100%
02
Reviews by playtime
Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket
0-1h
71
62
%
positive
18.3% of reviews
refund window
1-10h
241
77
%
positive
62.1% of reviews
10-100h
75
93
%
positive
19.3% of reviews
100h+
1
100
%
positive
0.3% of reviews
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Monthly timeline
Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch
Positive 300
Negative 88
91
68
46
23
0
24·01
24·05
24·09
25·01
25·05
25·09
26·01
26·05
26·07
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Breakdowns
Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive
388 reviews
Free product
3
/ 388
0.8% of total
100% positive
Early access
159
/ 388
41.0% of total
88% positive
Key activation
16
/ 388
4.1% of total
94% positive
Steam Deck
2
/ 388
0.5% of total
100% positive
Steam purchase
369
/ 388
95.1% of total
77% positive
Recommended
300
/ 388
77.3% of total
— votedUp
Not recommended
88
/ 388
22.7% of total
— votedDown
Reviews crawled
388
/ 388
100.0% of total
77% positive
