The Initial

Lifetime gross spend

$1.73Mest

grossAtFullPrice $1.73M · promo blend

Net to developer

$1.11Mest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

173,250

2,841 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$613K35% of LTD

85K units · $7.19 ASP

Confidence

high±18%

Based on 1,750 reviews collected over 9.0 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”

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0%0

Review score

6/ 9

Mostly Positive

% positive

76.2%cohort 71%

1,373 pos · 429 neg

Total reviews

1.8Ktracked

1,802 crawled

Velocity · all-time

1 / dayest

1,802 all-time

Steam-purchase rate

91.0%flat

9.0% 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

10.8%19468%

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 578

67%positive

32.1% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 1,154

79%positive

64.0% 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 1,373Negative 429

7685763841920

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

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

1,802 reviews

Free product

38/ 1,802

2.1% of total84% positive

Early access

0/ 1,802

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

125/ 1,802

6.9% of total76% positive

Steam Deck

5/ 1,802

0.3% of total100% positive

Steam purchase

1,639/ 1,802

91.0% of total76% positive

Recommended

1,373/ 1,802

76.2% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

429/ 1,802

23.8% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

1,802/ 1,802

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