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The Novelist
Orthogonal Games
· Dec 10, 2013
Story Rich
Choices Matter
Atmospheric
Stealth
Indie
+15
D
Like Score · tier D
10
qualityScore
▲
7 · 7d
Price
$4.99
Reviews
553
78% positive
Inbound MLT
4
peers liking this
Lifetime units
33K
est · medium conf
Status
Live
Mostly Positive
Live
· refreshed Sep 23
Store ↗
|
Community ↗
01
Sales
$166K est
02
Like Score
10 · 4
03
Reviews
600
Lifetime gross spend
$166K
est
grossAtFullPrice $166K · promo blend
Net to developer
$107K
est
after Valve / VAT / refunds
Lifetime units
33,180
0 / day median · launch
Launch window · 30d
$0
0% of LTD
0 units · $0.00 ASP
Confidence
medium
±18%
Based on 553 reviews collected over 12.8 years; English-dominant audience; non-Early-Access.
01
Revenue · monthly
Gross consumer spend USD
Gross
01
Like Score
qualityScore = Σ inbound · log₁₀(reviews+1) · positive% · rank-bonus
10
QUALITY SCORE
Tier
D
·
▲ 7
7d
D ●
C
B
A
S
Inbound
4
×
Σ log₁₀(R+1)
8
Avg pos%
78%
→ 10
Score history · 30d retention
2 (30d ago)
10 (now)
02
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03
The Novelist’s “More like this”
Outbound MLT · 30 games
#1
SILENT HILL: Townfall
0%
0
#2
Rivage
0%
0
#3
Nighthawks
0%
0
#4
Detroit: Become Human
96%
227K
#5
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
81%
107K
#6
Woman Simulator
0%
0
#7
Otterly Lost
0%
0
#8
ROOM– 24/7 Total Surveillance
78%
78
Review score
6
/ 9
Mostly Positive
% positive
69.8%
cohort 71%
419 pos · 181 neg
Total reviews
600
tracked
600 crawled
Velocity · all-time
0 / day
est
600 all-time
Steam-purchase rate
49.8%
flat
50.2% free / EA / key
01
Language distribution
Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive
23 languages · top 12 shown
EN
English
77.5%
465
71%
RU
Russian
3.3%
20
45%
DE
German
3.2%
19
63%
ES
Spanish
3.2%
19
58%
FR
French
2.8%
17
53%
PL
Polish
1.7%
10
90%
PT
Brazilian Portuguese
1.7%
10
100%
IT
Italian
1.5%
9
67%
ZH
Simplified Chinese
1.2%
7
57%
TR
Turkish
1.0%
6
100%
TW
Traditional Chinese
0.5%
3
33%
TH
Thai
0.3%
2
100%
02
Reviews by playtime
Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket
0-1h
67
49
%
positive
11.2% of reviews
refund window
1-10h
520
72
%
positive
86.7% of reviews
10-100h
13
77
%
positive
2.2% of reviews
03
Monthly timeline
Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch
Positive 419
Negative 181
39
29
20
10
0
15·03
16·07
17·11
19·03
20·10
22·03
23·09
25·07
26·07
04
Breakdowns
Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive
600 reviews
Free product
6
/ 600
1.0% of total
83% positive
Early access
0
/ 600
0.0% of total
— no data
Key activation
295
/ 600
49.2% of total
67% positive
Steam Deck
3
/ 600
0.5% of total
67% positive
Steam purchase
299
/ 600
49.8% of total
70% positive
Recommended
419
/ 600
69.8% of total
— votedUp
Not recommended
181
/ 600
30.2% of total
— votedDown
Reviews crawled
600
/ 600
100.0% of total
70% positive
