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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 4
Store ↗
|
Community ↗
01
Sales
$165K est
02
Like Score
5 · 3
03
Reviews
700
04
Overlap
—
Lifetime gross spend
$165K
est
grossAtFullPrice $165K · promo blend
Net to developer
$106K
est
after Valve / VAT / refunds
Lifetime units
33,120
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 (29d ago)
5 (now)
02
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03
The Novelist’s “More like this”
Outbound MLT · 30 games
#1
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0%
0
#2
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0%
0
#3
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90%
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#5
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87%
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#6
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95%
7.1K
#7
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96%
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#8
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81%
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Review score
6
/ 9
Mostly Positive
% positive
70.6%
cohort 71%
494 pos · 206 neg
Total reviews
700
tracked
700 crawled
Velocity · all-time
0 / day
est
700 all-time
Steam-purchase rate
49.0%
flat
51.0% free / EA / key
01
Language distribution
Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive
23 languages · top 12 shown
EN
English
79.3%
555
72%
ES
Spanish
3.0%
21
57%
RU
Russian
3.0%
21
48%
DE
German
2.9%
20
65%
FR
French
2.9%
20
55%
PT
Brazilian Portuguese
1.7%
12
92%
PL
Polish
1.4%
10
90%
IT
Italian
1.3%
9
67%
ZH
Simplified Chinese
1.0%
7
57%
TR
Turkish
0.9%
6
100%
TH
Thai
0.4%
3
100%
TW
Traditional Chinese
0.4%
3
33%
02
Reviews by playtime
Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket
0-1h
82
48
%
positive
11.7% of reviews
refund window
1-10h
603
73
%
positive
86.1% of reviews
10-100h
15
80
%
positive
2.1% of reviews
03
Monthly timeline
Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch
Positive 494
Negative 206
42
32
21
11
0
14·12
16·04
17·08
18·12
20·07
21·12
23·06
25·03
26·05
04
Breakdowns
Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive
700 reviews
Free product
6
/ 700
0.9% of total
83% positive
Early access
0
/ 700
0.0% of total
— no data
Key activation
351
/ 700
50.1% of total
67% positive
Steam Deck
3
/ 700
0.4% of total
67% positive
Steam purchase
343
/ 700
49.0% of total
71% positive
Recommended
494
/ 700
70.6% of total
— votedUp
Not recommended
206
/ 700
29.4% of total
— votedDown
Reviews crawled
700
/ 700
100.0% of total
71% positive
552
reviews
·
78%
positive
Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.
