Long Story Short — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$110Kest

grossAtFullPrice $110K · promo blend

Net to developer

$71Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

7,316▼ 100.0%

80 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$26K24% of LTD

2K units · $10.79 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 302 reviews collected over 1.5 years; English-dominant audience; 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

2,39832.8%

Tail · units

4,91867.2%

Launch · gross

$26K

$26K23.6%

Tail · gross

$84K

$84K76.4%

Net to dev

$71K

$71K64.4%

01 Like Score

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

Tier D · ▼ 2 7d

D ●CBAS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

52%

→ 18

Score history · 30d retention

15 (14d ago)18 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank Long Story Short · 18 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 18

Press X to Not Die3.6K reviews · 90% pos · All Seeing Eye Games · 2017

+3.2

The Assistant Season 1343 reviews · 89% pos · Backhole · 2023

+2.3

Phucker in the Ashes64 reviews · 96% pos · GZ Storm · 2021

+1.7

北城捷運糾察隊(Northern City Metro Patrol)49 reviews · 83% pos · HoneyJamStudio · 2025

+1.4

18+ MEMORY70 reviews · 74% pos · NL Studio · 2020

+1.4

I Did It ALL for the COOKIE!17 reviews · 88% pos · Paul Rodenburg · 2024

+1.1

Mentai Uncensored26 reviews · 65% pos · Ripknot System · 2018

+0.9

Mischance11 reviews · 72% pos · MustangDev · 2021

+0.8

GagImpact6 reviews · 83% pos · natamigame · 2026

+0.7

Dairy of the Dead9 reviews · 66% pos · Endless Adventures Incorporated · 2024

+0.7

+ 8 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+1.6

03 Long Story Short’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

#3FreshWomen - Season 2

#6Sugar-Daddied by a Fox Babe

0%0

#7Third Crisis: Neon Nights

96%671

#8Can I get an Iced Coffee with Breastmilk!?

86%152

Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

91.3%cohort 71%

274 pos · 26 neg

Total reviews

300tracked

300 crawled

Velocity · 30d

0 / dayest

8 this month

Steam-purchase rate

94.0%flat

6.0% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

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

21 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

69.0%20789%

FRFrench

5.3%16100%

RURussian

4.0%1292%

ZHSimplified Chinese

3.7%1191%

ITItalian

2.7%8100%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

2.3%7100%

DEGerman

2.0%6100%

TRTurkish

1.7%5100%

DUDutch

1.7%5100%

ESSpanish

1.3%4100%

KOKorean

1.0%367%

PLPolish

1.0%3100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 24

79%positive

8.0% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 183

92%positive

61.0% of reviews

10-100h 91

93%positive

30.3% of reviews

100h+ 2

100%positive

0.7% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 274Negative 26

574329140

24·1025·0125·0425·0725·1026·0126·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

300 reviews

Free product

7/ 300

2.3% of total100% positive

Early access

300/ 300

100.0% of total91% positive

Key activation

11/ 300

3.7% of total100% positive

Steam Deck

7/ 300

2.3% of total86% positive

Steam purchase

282/ 300

94.0% of total91% positive

Recommended

274/ 300

91.3% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

26/ 300

8.7% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

300/ 300

100.0% of total91% positive

302 reviews · 91% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.