The Search — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$52Kest

grossAtFullPrice $68K · promo blend

Net to developer

$34Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

17,127▼ 100.0%

0 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$00% of LTD

0 units · $0.00 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 346 reviews collected over 9.1 years; balanced multi-language 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 · ▲ 0 7d

D ●CBAS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

28%

→ 3

Score history · 30d retention

3 (15d ago)3 (now)

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Review score

5/ 9

Mixed

% positive

70.8%cohort 71%

283 pos · 117 neg

Total reviews

400tracked

400 crawled

Velocity · all-time

0 / dayest

400 all-time

Steam-purchase rate

-27.0%flat

127.0% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

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

20 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

38.0%15259%

RURussian

16.0%6463%

ZHSimplified Chinese

15.5%6284%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

7.8%3190%

ESSpanish

4.0%1694%

DEGerman

3.3%1369%

TRTurkish

2.8%1182%

PLPolish

2.5%1090%

FRFrench

2.5%1050%

JAJapanese

1.8%786%

UKUkrainian

1.5%683%

ESLatin American Spanish

1.0%4100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 155

57%positive

38.8% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 234

78%positive

58.5% of reviews

10-100h 11

100%positive

2.8% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 283Negative 117

1511840

22·0522·1123·0523·1124·0524·1125·0525·1126·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

400 reviews

Free product

254/ 400

63.5% of total72% positive

Early access

0/ 400

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

254/ 400

63.5% of total72% positive

Steam Deck

2/ 400

0.5% of total50% positive

Steam purchase

-108/ 400

-27.0% of total71% positive

Recommended

283/ 400

70.8% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

117/ 400

29.3% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

400/ 400

100.0% of total71% positive