The August Before

Lifetime gross spend

$87Kest

grossAtFullPrice $97K · promo blend

Net to developer

$56Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

8,100▼ 77.4%

127 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$33K38% of LTD

4K units · $8.63 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 300 reviews collected over 8 months; 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

Tier D · ▼ 1 7d

D ●CBAS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

66%

→ 6

Score history · 30d retention

10 (29d ago)6 (now)

02 Biggest games linking to you

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03 The August Before’s “More like this”

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93%9.3K

Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

90.7%cohort 71%

304 pos · 31 neg

Total reviews

335tracked

335 crawled

Velocity · all-time

1 / dayest

335 all-time

Steam-purchase rate

86.9%flat

13.1% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

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

17 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

60.0%20189%

RURussian

16.1%5493%

DEGerman

5.4%1894%

ZHSimplified Chinese

4.2%1486%

FRFrench

3.6%1292%

ESSpanish

2.7%989%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

1.8%6100%

PLPolish

1.8%6100%

TRTurkish

1.2%4100%

KOKorean

0.6%2100%

CZCzech

0.6%2100%

ESLatin American Spanish

0.6%2100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 22

77%positive

6.6% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 307

92%positive

91.6% of reviews

10-100h 6

100%positive

1.8% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 304Negative 31

1168758290

25·1125·1226·0126·0226·0326·0426·0526·0626·07

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

335 reviews

Free product

7/ 335

2.1% of total100% positive

Early access

0/ 335

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

37/ 335

11.0% of total81% positive

Steam Deck

4/ 335

1.2% of total50% positive

Steam purchase

291/ 335

86.9% of total91% positive

Recommended

304/ 335

90.7% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

31/ 335

9.3% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

335/ 335

100.0% of total91% positive

01 Revenue · monthly

01 Like Score

Score history · 30d retention

02 Biggest games linking to you

03 The August Before’s “More like this”

01 Language distribution

02 Reviews by playtime

03 Monthly timeline

04 Breakdowns

01 Audience overlap · top peers

01 Revenue · monthly

01 Like Score

Score history · 30d retention

02 Biggest games linking to you

03 The August Before’s “More like this”

01 Language distribution

02 Reviews by playtime

03 Monthly timeline

04 Breakdowns

01 Audience overlap · top peers