Niche - a genetics survival game — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$1.16Mest

grossAtFullPrice $3.48M · promo blend

Net to developer

$746Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

193,275▼ 100.0%

189 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$73K6% of LTD

6K units · $12.95 ASP

Confidence

high±18%

Based on 4,295 reviews collected over 8.6 years; English-dominant 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

5,6702.9%

Tail · units

188K

187,60597.1%

Launch · gross

$73K

$73K6.3%

Tail · gross

$1.08M

$1.08M93.7%

Net to dev

$746K

$746K64.4%

01 Like Score

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

Tier C · ▲ 15 7d

DC ●BAS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

82%

→ 68

Score history · 30d retention

4 (14d ago)68 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

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qualityScore 68

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+2.3

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+1.9

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+1.7

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+1.7

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+1.7

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+15.0

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Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

84.7%cohort 71%

3,640 pos · 660 neg

Total reviews

4.3Ktracked

4,300 crawled

Velocity · 30d

1 / dayest

18 this month

Steam-purchase rate

79.4%flat

20.6% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

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

25 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

84.3%3,62487%

FRFrench

2.6%11285%

RURussian

2.5%10869%

DEGerman

2.2%9683%

ZHSimplified Chinese

2.0%8457%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

1.4%6174%

ESSpanish

1.3%5779%

PLPolish

0.9%3889%

TWTraditional Chinese

0.4%1861%

CZCzech

0.3%1292%

JAJapanese

0.3%1258%

ESLatin American Spanish

0.3%1164%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 361

26%positive

8.4% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 1,443

78%positive

33.6% of reviews

10-100h 1,850

96%positive

43.0% of reviews

100h+ 646

99%positive

15.0% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 3,640Negative 660

13310067330

17·0918·1019·1120·1222·0123·0224·0325·0426·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

4,300 reviews

Free product

125/ 4,300

2.9% of total90% positive

Early access

0/ 4,300

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

759/ 4,300

17.7% of total71% positive

Steam Deck

3/ 4,300

0.1% of total67% positive

Steam purchase

3,416/ 4,300

79.4% of total85% positive

Recommended

3,640/ 4,300

84.7% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

660/ 4,300

15.3% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

4,300/ 4,300

100.0% of total85% positive

4,295 reviews · 88% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.