JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$145Kest

grossAtFullPrice $145K · promo blend

Net to developer

$93Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

8,055▼ 100.0%

79 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$31K21% of LTD

2K units · $12.95 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 351 reviews collected over 1.3 years; English-dominant 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

2,36429.3%

Tail · units

5,69170.7%

Launch · gross

$31K

$31K21.1%

Tail · gross

$114K

$114K78.9%

Net to dev

$93K

$93K64.4%

01 Like Score

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

Tier B · ▼ 6 7d

DCB ●AS

Inbound

137

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

89%

→ 244

Score history · 30d retention

152 (14d ago)244 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

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qualityScore 244

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+3.4

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+3.4

Human Resource Machine3.2K reviews · 94% pos · Tomorrow Corporation · 2015

+3.3

SpaceChem2.6K reviews · 95% pos · Zachtronics · 2011

+3.2

7 Billion Humans1.8K reviews · 93% pos · Tomorrow Corporation · 2018

+3.0

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

+3.0

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+2.6

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+2.5

The Signal State624 reviews · 86% pos · Reckoner Industries · 2021

+2.4

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+29.4

03 JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

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#1The Farmer Was Replaced

95%8.0K

#2Quantum Odyssey

92%104

#3Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game

0%0

#7Wijita: City of Makers

0%0

#8ChipWits Demo

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Review score

6/ 9

Mostly Positive

% positive

77.9%cohort 71%

286 pos · 81 neg

Total reviews

367tracked

367 crawled

Velocity · 30d

1 / dayest

18 this month

Steam-purchase rate

94.8%flat

5.2% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

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

14 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

64.9%23879%

RURussian

14.7%5472%

DEGerman

6.0%2277%

ZHSimplified Chinese

6.0%2286%

FRFrench

3.3%1267%

ESSpanish

1.9%7100%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

0.8%367%

KOKorean

0.5%2100%

FIfinnish

0.5%2100%

CZCzech

0.3%1100%

TRTurkish

0.3%10%

ITItalian

0.3%1100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 66

64%positive

18.0% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 229

76%positive

62.4% of reviews

10-100h 71

96%positive

19.3% of reviews

100h+ 1

100%positive

0.3% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 286Negative 81

926946230

24·0124·0524·0925·0125·0525·0926·0126·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

367 reviews

Free product

3/ 367

0.8% of total100% positive

Early access

160/ 367

43.6% of total88% positive

Key activation

16/ 367

4.4% of total94% positive

Steam Deck

2/ 367

0.5% of total100% positive

Steam purchase

348/ 367

94.8% of total78% positive

Recommended

286/ 367

77.9% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

81/ 367

22.1% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

367/ 367

100.0% of total78% positive

351 reviews · 77% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.