Kaizen: A Factory Story — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$339Kest

grossAtFullPrice $339K · promo blend

Net to developer

$219Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

16,983▼ 100.0%

401 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$173K51% of LTD

12K units · $14.39 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 629 reviews collected over 9 months; 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

12K

12,01570.7%

Tail · units

4,96829.3%

Launch · gross

$173K

$173K50.9%

Tail · gross

$167K

$167K49.1%

Net to dev

$219K

$219K64.4%

01 Like Score

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

Tier B · ▲ 9 7d

DCB ●AS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

91%

→ 150

Score history · 30d retention

97 (14d ago)150 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank Kaizen: A Factory Story · 90 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 150

The Farmer Was Replaced8.0K reviews · 95% pos · Timon Herzog · 2025

+3.7

Opus Magnum5.6K reviews · 97% pos · Zachtronics · 2017

+3.6

Turing Complete5.0K reviews · 96% pos · LevelHead · 2021

+3.6

while True: learn()7.2K reviews · 91% pos · Luden.io · 2019

+3.5

TIS-1003.3K reviews · 97% pos · Zachtronics · 2015

+3.4

SHENZHEN I/O3.7K reviews · 95% pos · Zachtronics · 2016

+3.4

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

+3.3

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

+3.2

Infinifactory1.8K reviews · 95% pos · Zachtronics · 2015

+3.1

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

+3.0

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+29.5

03 Kaizen: A Factory Story’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

View all →

#1Kerbal Space Program

95%112K

#2Opus Magnum

97%5.6K

#3The Farmer Was Replaced

#8Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game

93%16K

Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

93.1%cohort 71%

610 pos · 45 neg

Total reviews

655tracked

655 crawled

Velocity · 30d

0 / dayest

9 this month

Steam-purchase rate

94.4%flat

5.6% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

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

20 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

71.6%46993%

ZHSimplified Chinese

8.5%5689%

JAJapanese

6.7%4495%

KOKorean

3.2%2190%

RURussian

2.7%1878%

FRFrench

2.7%18100%

ESSpanish

0.9%6100%

DEGerman

0.9%6100%

TWTraditional Chinese

0.6%4100%

ESLatin American Spanish

0.3%2100%

PLPolish

0.3%2100%

DUDutch

0.2%1100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 37

78%positive

5.6% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 311

93%positive

47.5% of reviews

10-100h 304

95%positive

46.4% of reviews

100h+ 3

100%positive

0.5% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 610Negative 45

382287191960

25·0725·0825·0925·1025·1125·1226·0126·0226·0326·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

655 reviews

Free product

8/ 655

1.2% of total100% positive

Early access

0/ 655

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

29/ 655

4.4% of total100% positive

Steam Deck

13/ 655

2.0% of total100% positive

Steam purchase

618/ 655

94.4% of total93% positive

Recommended

610/ 655

93.1% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

45/ 655

6.9% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

655/ 655

100.0% of total93% positive

629 reviews · 92% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.