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The Novelist
Orthogonal Games
· Dec 10, 2013
Story Rich
Choices Matter
Atmospheric
Stealth
Indie
+15
D
Like Score · tier D
5
qualityScore
▲
0 · 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 Jul 24
Store ↗
|
Community ↗
01
Sales
$165K est
02
Like Score
5 · 3
03
Reviews
600
04
Overlap
20 peers
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 12.6 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
5
QUALITY SCORE
Tier
D
·
▲ 0
7d
D ●
C
B
A
S
Inbound
3
×
Σ log₁₀(R+1)
5
Avg pos%
84%
→ 5
Score history · 30d retention
5 (28d ago)
5 (now)
02
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Steam puts The Novelist in their “More Like This” · 3 inbound · top 3 by audience
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10 reviews · 90% pos · Black Potion · 2026
03
The Novelist’s “More like this”
Outbound MLT · 30 games
#1
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
87%
32K
#2
Escape the Backrooms
90%
130K
#3
XenoFeels
0%
0
#4
Lies of P
91%
57K
#5
Esoteric Ebb
95%
7.7K
#6
Detroit: Become Human
96%
220K
#7
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
81%
103K
#8
Outer Wilds
95%
87K
Review score
6
/ 9
Mostly Positive
% positive
69.7%
cohort 71%
418 pos · 182 neg
Total reviews
600
tracked
600 crawled
Velocity · all-time
0 / day
est
600 all-time
Steam-purchase rate
49.7%
flat
50.3% free / EA / key
01
Language distribution
Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive
23 languages · top 12 shown
EN
English
77.7%
466
71%
DE
German
3.2%
19
63%
RU
Russian
3.2%
19
42%
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 418
Negative 182
39
29
20
10
0
15·03
16·07
17·11
19·03
20·10
22·03
23·09
25·07
26·06
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
296
/ 600
49.3% of total
67% positive
Steam Deck
3
/ 600
0.5% of total
67% positive
Steam purchase
298
/ 600
49.7% of total
70% positive
Recommended
418
/ 600
69.7% of total
— votedUp
Not recommended
182
/ 600
30.3% of total
— votedDown
Reviews crawled
600
/ 600
100.0% of total
70% positive
Reviewers tracked
701
indexed
20 peers with shared reviewers
Strongest peer
Life is Strange - Episode 1
22.4%
157 shared reviewers
Net-new audience
89%
est
624 reviewers no peer shares
Avg overlap
11%
3 clusters
across 20 top peers
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Audience overlap · top peers
Of this game’s reviewers, % who also reviewed each peer
Sort:
% overlap
shared
sentiment
% overlap ▼
Game
Overlap
Shared
Sentiment
Life is Strange - Episode 1
157 shared · 90% pos
22.4%
157
90%
The Stanley Parable
120 shared · 93% pos
17.1%
120
93%
Firewatch
116 shared · 79% pos
16.5%
116
79%
Gone Home
115 shared · 77% pos
16.4%
115
77%
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
88 shared · 92% pos
12.6%
88
92%
Papers, Please
76 shared · 87% pos
10.8%
76
87%
Spec Ops: The Line
75 shared · 95% pos
10.7%
75
95%
The Beginner's Guide
74 shared · 88% pos
10.6%
74
88%
Emily is Away
72 shared · 81% pos
10.3%
72
81%
The Wolf Among Us
71 shared · 94% pos
10.1%
71
94%
To the Moon
64 shared · 83% pos
9.1%
64
83%
Dear Esther
63 shared · 75% pos
9%
63
75%
Her Story
59 shared · 80% pos
8.4%
59
80%
Bastion
58 shared · 84% pos
8.3%
58
84%
Marie's Room
57 shared · 93% pos
8.1%
57
93%
Serena
56 shared · 79% pos
8%
56
79%
Jazzpunk: Director's Cut
55 shared · 82% pos
7.8%
55
82%
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
54 shared · 89% pos
7.7%
54
89%
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
54 shared · 91% pos
7.7%
54
91%
Undertale
54 shared · 81% pos
7.7%
54
81%
Showing 20 peers with shared reviewers
