BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$85Kest

grossAtFullPrice $85K · promo blend

Net to developer

$55Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

28,375▼ 100.0%

62 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$4K5% of LTD

2K units · $2.15 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 562 reviews collected over 8 months; 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

1,8686.6%

Tail · units

27K

26,50793.4%

Launch · gross

$4K

$4K4.7%

Tail · gross

$81K

$81K95.3%

Net to dev

$55K

$55K64.4%

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%

33%

→ 8

Score history · 30d retention

5 (14d ago)8 (now)

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03 BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

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95%82K

Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

80.0%cohort 71%

480 pos · 120 neg

Total reviews

600tracked

600 crawled

Velocity · 30d

1 / dayest

24 this month

Steam-purchase rate

77.7%flat

22.3% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

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

21 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

42.5%25579%

ZHSimplified Chinese

32.7%19682%

RURussian

10.3%6274%

TRTurkish

3.3%2090%

ESSpanish

3.3%2085%

KOKorean

1.7%10100%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

1.2%786%

DEGerman

0.8%580%

TWTraditional Chinese

0.8%520%

UKUkrainian

0.7%4100%

ESLatin American Spanish

0.5%367%

JAJapanese

0.5%367%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 113

50%positive

18.8% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 351

87%positive

58.5% of reviews

10-100h 129

86%positive

21.5% of reviews

100h+ 7

86%positive

1.2% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 480Negative 120

523926130

23·0323·0824·0124·0624·1125·0425·0926·0226·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

600 reviews

Free product

26/ 600

4.3% of total88% positive

Early access

341/ 600

56.8% of total83% positive

Key activation

108/ 600

18.0% of total82% positive

Steam Deck

2/ 600

0.3% of total50% positive

Steam purchase

466/ 600

77.7% of total80% positive

Recommended

480/ 600

80.0% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

120/ 600

20.0% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

600/ 600

100.0% of total80% positive

562 reviews · 80% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.