Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$297Kest

grossAtFullPrice $297K · promo blend

Net to developer

$191Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

14,850▼ 100.0%

153 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$66K22% of LTD

5K units · $14.39 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 495 reviews collected over 3.1 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

4,59030.9%

Tail · units

10K

10,26069.1%

Launch · gross

$66K

$66K22.3%

Tail · gross

$231K

$231K77.7%

Net to dev

$191K

$191K64.4%

01 Like Score

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

Tier D · ▼ 2 7d

D ●CBAS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

67%

→ 16

Score history · 30d retention

8 (14d ago)16 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead · 9 inbound · top 9 shown

qualityScore 16

Caves of Qud11K reviews · 95% pos · Freehold Games · 2024

+3.9

Cataclysm: The Last Generation211 reviews · 92% pos · Worm Girl · 2025

+2.1

College Escape22 reviews · 100% pos · ShiFeiFan · 2025

+1.4

Parasite39 reviews · 71% pos · StarInfidel · 2022

+1.1

末日竟在我身边2 - Zombies Everywhere 210 reviews · 100% pos · LU QI · 2021

+1.0

Who Is Zombie25 reviews · 56% pos · CINDYZ STUDIO · 2022

+0.8

末日竟在我身边3 - Zombies Everywhere 37 reviews · 85% pos · LU QI · 2022

+0.8

Cataclysm: Bright Future Ahead1 reviews · 0% pos · GOLDEN CYCLE PTY LTD · 2025

+0.0

Monetaria0 reviews · 0% pos · koppepan

+0.0

03 Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

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#1Ardem

0%0

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0%0

#3ARK: Survival Ascended

Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

91.6%cohort 71%

458 pos · 42 neg

Total reviews

500tracked

500 crawled

Velocity · 30d

0 / dayest

5 this month

Steam-purchase rate

96.4%flat

3.6% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

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

17 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

63.8%31992%

ZHSimplified Chinese

16.2%8196%

RURussian

12.2%6187%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

1.4%7100%

ESSpanish

1.2%6100%

DEGerman

1.0%5100%

JAJapanese

0.8%4100%

TWTraditional Chinese

0.6%3100%

FRFrench

0.6%367%

ITItalian

0.4%250%

KOKorean

0.4%20%

UKUkrainian

0.4%2100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 89

91%positive

17.8% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 152

94%positive

30.4% of reviews

10-100h 180

92%positive

36.0% of reviews

100h+ 79

86%positive

15.8% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 458Negative 42

1128456280

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

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

500 reviews

Free product

8/ 500

1.6% of total100% positive

Early access

0/ 500

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

10/ 500

2.0% of total90% positive

Steam Deck

13/ 500

2.6% of total85% positive

Steam purchase

482/ 500

96.4% of total92% positive

Recommended

458/ 500

91.6% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

42/ 500

8.4% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

500/ 500

100.0% of total92% positive

495 reviews · 91% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.