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Humans are long gone. Will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, river control, and deadly droughts. Contains high amounts of wood.

Early AccessSep 15, 2021
Price$ 24.99  Top 5%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)95.1% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 10% / 95%  Top 10%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)92.8% Top 2% / 92.7%  Top 1%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)20.4K  Top 2% / 21.5K  Top 2%
Curators162 reviews  Top 3%
Median Play Time46.3 hours  Top 2%
Play Time per Dollar1.9 hour  Top 10%
Followers145.8K  Top 1%
Owners± 1M  Top 3%
Copies Sold± 947.4K  Top 2%
Gross Revenue ($)± 16.7M  Top 2%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Timberborn steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Timberborn's Steam rating and reviews from September 2021 to December 2023. Steam's rating is very stable, varying from 96.1% (November 2021) to 94.8% (March 2023).

With its 21.5K reviews Top 2%, Timberborn is indisputably a major AAA level success. The graph seems to be a long tailed distribution. That sometimes means that the marketing efforts were concentrated on the game launch, and that there was no major update or discounts after.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Timberborn and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Timberborn's review languages. The most popular language is English (61%), followed by Simplified Chinese (9%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 29 languages represented. The game is available in 12 languages, which is great.

Time Played

Chart displaying Timberborn percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Timberborn, comparing positive and negative reviews. It also shows the reviews during Early Access. You'll notice that the time played is very impressive, reaching 125 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 3.8 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (52 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of Timberborn's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • immersion
  • critical decisions
  • evolution of thought
  • fluid dynamics
  • interesting time management
  • complexity
  • fun gameplay
  • nice graphics
  • great aesthetic
  • puzzle element
  • poor AI
  • slow game-save load times
  • no combat
  • lack of challenge
  • boring after long play
  • performance issues
  • missing variation
  • no incentives
  • bugs and glitches
  • limited storage

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 95.1% rating  Top 10% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Timberborn's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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