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The Novelist
Orthogonal Games
· Dec 10, 2013
Story Rich
Choices Matter
Atmospheric
Stealth
Indie
+15
D
Like Score · tier D
6
qualityScore
▲
3 · 7d
Price
$4.99
Reviews
552
78% positive
Inbound MLT
3
peers liking this
Lifetime units
33K
est · medium conf
Status
Live
Mostly Positive
Live
· refreshed May 25
Store ↗
|
Community ↗
01
Sales
$165K est
02
Like Score
6 · 3
03
Reviews
602
04
Overlap
—
Lifetime gross spend
$165K
est
grossAtFullPrice $165K · promo blend
Net to developer
$106K
est
after Valve / VAT / refunds
Lifetime units
33,120
▲ 100.0%
0 / day median · launch
Launch window · 30d
$0
0% of LTD
0 units · $0.00 ASP
Confidence
medium
±18%
Based on 552 reviews collected over 12.5 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
6
QUALITY SCORE
Tier
D
·
▲ 3
7d
D ●
C
B
A
S
Inbound
3
×
Σ log₁₀(R+1)
5
Avg pos%
84%
→ 6
Score history · 30d retention
3 (25d ago)
6 (now)
02
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03
The Novelist’s “More like this”
Outbound MLT · 30 games
#1
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0%
0
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97K
#3
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81%
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#4
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
87%
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#5
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95%
5.9K
#6
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90%
66K
#7
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90%
115K
#8
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98%
31K
Review score
6
/ 9
Mostly Positive
% positive
69.8%
cohort 71%
420 pos · 182 neg
Total reviews
602
tracked
602 crawled
Velocity · all-time
0 / day
est
602 all-time
Steam-purchase rate
49.5%
flat
50.5% free / EA / key
01
Language distribution
Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive
23 languages · top 12 shown
EN
English
77.7%
468
71%
ES
Spanish
3.2%
19
58%
RU
Russian
3.2%
19
42%
DE
German
3.2%
19
63%
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%
ES
Latin American Spanish
0.3%
2
50%
02
Reviews by playtime
Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket
0-1h
67
49
%
positive
11.1% of reviews
refund window
1-10h
522
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 420
Negative 182
39
29
20
10
0
15·03
16·07
17·11
19·03
20·10
22·03
23·09
25·07
26·05
04
Breakdowns
Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive
602 reviews
Free product
6
/ 602
1.0% of total
83% positive
Early access
0
/ 602
0.0% of total
— no data
Key activation
298
/ 602
49.5% of total
67% positive
Steam Deck
3
/ 602
0.5% of total
67% positive
Steam purchase
298
/ 602
49.5% of total
70% positive
Recommended
420
/ 602
69.8% of total
— votedUp
Not recommended
182
/ 602
30.2% of total
— votedDown
Reviews crawled
602
/ 602
100.0% of total
70% positive
552
reviews
·
78%
positive
Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.
