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Welcome, child, to your new home. Here you shall learn the art of perfection. Here you shall learn to smile. Be sure that smile doesn’t fade into sadness, or you will need to run and hide…

Early AccessJun 19, 2020
Release DateOct 14, 2021
Price$ 14.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)86.4% (very positive) / 87.5%  Top 30%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)79.9% Top 25% / 81.2%  Top 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)301  Top 25% / 369  Top 25%
Curators33 reviews  Top 20%
Median Play Time4.6 hours
Play Time per Dollar19 minutes  Bottom 35%
Followers4.1K  Top 15%
Owners± 45.7K  Top 25%
Copies Sold± 9.5K  Top 30%
Gross Revenue ($)± 80.4K  Top 25%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of My Beautiful Paper Smile steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see My Beautiful Paper Smile's Steam rating and reviews between June 2020 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 100% (June 2020) to 87.2% (August 2023).

With its 369 reviews Top 25%, My Beautiful Paper Smile could be considered a decent success for an indie game. The chart is compatible with a long tailed distribution, which suggests there was a good visibility at launch but that it was not followed by significant updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for My Beautiful Paper Smile and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of My Beautiful Paper Smile's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (53%), followed by Simplified Chinese (16%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 13 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 7 languages. Considering that, unless the game is text-heavy, adding translations is not a lot of work compared to making a game, it is often a good idea to translate the game in many languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying My Beautiful Paper Smile percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in My Beautiful Paper Smile depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The reviews during the game's time in Early Access are visible too. The time in game is acceptable, with 7 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 1.8 times less than the median for positive reviews.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • aesthetically pleasing visuals
  • strong narrative focus
  • immersive experience
  • unique look
  • well-made environment
  • accessible mystery
  • creates need to continue
  • charming horror game
  • strikes balance of genres
  • point-and-click adventure
  • gameplay is repetitive
  • little variety in mechanics
  • walking pace is slow
  • linear and simple gameplay
  • not enough variation
  • gameplay is underwhelming
  • too few songs in game
  • background ambience can be annoying
  • spider boss is too difficult/damaging
  • game is too short for some

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's rating of 86.4% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of My Beautiful Paper Smile's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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