The Posthumous Investigation — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$430Kest

grossAtFullPrice $430K · promo blend

Net to developer

$277Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

21,503▼ 100.0%

792 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$475K110% of LTD

24K units · $19.99 ASP

Confidence

low±18%

Based on 362 reviews collected over 1 month; Chinese-heavy 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

24K

23,760110.5%

Tail · units

0-10.5%

Launch · gross

$475K

$475K110.5%

Tail · gross

$0-10.5%

Net to dev

$277K

$277K64.4%

01 Like Score

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

Tier A · ▼ 9 7d

DCBA ●S

Inbound

313

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

86%

→ 319

Score history · 30d retention

247 (14d ago)319 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank The Posthumous Investigation · 313 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 319

Tangle Tower5.8K reviews · 94% pos · SFB Games · 2019

+3.5

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+3.5

Paradise Killer3.2K reviews · 93% pos · Kaizen Game Works · 2020

+3.3

This Bed We Made2.8K reviews · 90% pos · Lowbirth Games · 2023

+3.1

AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative3.5K reviews · 86% pos · Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · 2022

+3.0

Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure2.0K reviews · 91% pos · DigiTales Interactive · 2021

+3.0

Chicken Police - Paint it RED!1.6K reviews · 94% pos · The Wild Gentlemen · 2020

+3.0

The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales1.8K reviews · 92% pos · DO MY BEST · 2023

+3.0

Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集1.4K reviews · 95% pos · SelfCrop Studio · 2020

+3.0

Subsurface Circular1.5K reviews · 94% pos · Bithell Games · 2017

+3.0

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+33.4

03 The Posthumous Investigation’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

View all →

#1Escape Simulator 2

92%3.7K

#2The Posthumous Investigation Demo

——

#3Disco Elysium - The Final Cut

92%114K

#4Inkblood

0%0

#5The Séance of Blake Manor

95%2.8K

#6Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

96%34K

#7Strange Antiquities

95%2.7K

#8The Roottrees are Dead

96%7.9K

Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

95.3%cohort 71%

381 pos · 19 neg

Total reviews

400tracked

400 crawled

Velocity · 30d

13 / dayest

400 this month

Steam-purchase rate

76.3%flat

23.8% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

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

13 languages · top 12 shown

PTBrazilian Portuguese

50.5%20299%

ZHSimplified Chinese

33.0%13291%

ENEnglish

11.0%4491%

RURussian

1.5%6100%

JAJapanese

1.3%5100%

TWTraditional Chinese

0.5%250%

ESSpanish

0.5%2100%

FRFrench

0.5%2100%

ITItalian

0.3%1100%

UKUkrainian

0.3%1100%

PTPortuguese

0.3%1100%

CZCzech

0.3%1100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 4

75%positive

1.0% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 135

96%positive

33.8% of reviews

10-100h 261

95%positive

65.3% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 381Negative 19

4003002001000

26·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

400 reviews

Free product

16/ 400

4.0% of total100% positive

Early access

0/ 400

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

79/ 400

19.8% of total97% positive

Steam Deck

19/ 400

4.8% of total95% positive

Steam purchase

305/ 400

76.3% of total95% positive

Recommended

381/ 400

95.3% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

19/ 400

4.8% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

400/ 400

100.0% of total95% positive

362 reviews · 94% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.