The Initial

Lifetime gross spend

$1.73Mest

grossAtFullPrice $1.73M · promo blend

Net to developer

$1.12Mest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

173,349▼ 100.0%

2,838 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$612K35% of LTD

85K units · $7.19 ASP

Confidence

high±18%

Based on 1,751 reviews collected over 8.9 years; Chinese-heavy audience; non-Early-Access.

01 Revenue · monthly

Gross consumer spend USD

Gross

01 Like Score

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

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DCBAS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

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Avg pos%

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02 Biggest games linking to you

Steam puts The Initial in their “More Like This”

No inbound links yet · data refreshes daily

03 The Initial’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

#3Muramasa: Revenant Blades

0%0

#4Stellar Blade™

94%57K

#5The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin

#8KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-

85%8.8K

Review score

6/ 9

Mostly Positive

% positive

76.2%cohort 71%

1,372 pos · 429 neg

Total reviews

1.8Ktracked

1,801 crawled

Velocity · all-time

1 / dayest

1,801 all-time

Steam-purchase rate

90.9%flat

9.1% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

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

20 languages · top 12 shown

ZHSimplified Chinese

79.5%1,43278%

ENEnglish

10.7%19368%

RURussian

2.4%4468%

TWTraditional Chinese

2.2%4080%

JAJapanese

1.2%2152%

ESSpanish

0.7%1283%

KOKorean

0.6%1060%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

0.5%989%

ESLatin American Spanish

0.4%786%

FRFrench

0.3%683%

TRTurkish

0.3%617%

THThai

0.3%560%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 577

67%positive

32.0% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 1,154

79%positive

64.1% of reviews

10-100h 67

96%positive

3.7% of reviews

100h+ 3

100%positive

0.2% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 1,372Negative 429

7675753841920

17·0718·0619·0520·0421·0322·0623·0725·0226·05

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

1,801 reviews

Free product

38/ 1,801

2.1% of total84% positive

Early access

0/ 1,801

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

125/ 1,801

6.9% of total76% positive

Steam Deck

5/ 1,801

0.3% of total100% positive

Steam purchase

1,638/ 1,801

90.9% of total76% positive

Recommended

1,372/ 1,801

76.2% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

429/ 1,801

23.8% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

1,801/ 1,801

100.0% of total76% positive

01 Revenue · monthly

01 Like Score

02 Biggest games linking to you

03 The Initial’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

02 Biggest games linking to you

03 The Initial’s “More like this”

01 Language distribution

02 Reviews by playtime

03 Monthly timeline

04 Breakdowns

01 Audience overlap · top peers