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G’Day! Get ready to start a new fair Dinkum life and build your new home out in the bush. Explore tropical eucalyptus forests, scorching deserts and cool billabongs on an Island inspired by the wild Australian outback. Take care of giant wombats, play with friends and get ready for a ripper time!

Early AccessJul 14, 2022
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)94.8% (very positive) Top 10% / 94.6%  Top 10%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)92.4% Top 2% / 92.3%  Top 2%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)16.7K  Top 2% / 19.2K  Top 2%
Curators136 reviews  Top 4%
Median Play Time41.4 hours  Top 3%
Play Time per Dollar2.1 hours  Top 10%
Followers84.6K  Top 2%
Owners± 871.4K  Top 4%
Copies Sold± 780.6K  Top 3%
Gross Revenue ($)± 11.3M  Top 2%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

Here you can see Dinkum's Steam rating and reviews between July 2022 and December 2023. Steam's rating is very stable, varying from 95.7% (July 2022) to 94.5% (December 2023).

With 19.2K reviews Top 2%, Dinkum is an undeniable 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 Dinkum and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Dinkum's reviewers. The most popular language is English (70%), followed by Simplified Chinese (9%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 29 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has been translated in only one language (English), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the time played in Dinkum, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. You can also see the reviews during the Early Access phase. The time played is great, reaching 95 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 5.5 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (39 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of Dinkum's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Great customisation of the character
  • Australian based with a lot of aussie vibes
  • Polished and impressive for EA
  • Charming and with its own unique mechanics and wildlife
  • Gives a lot of content to keep busy for hours
  • Gameplay combining farming, ranching, crafting and exploring
  • Good controller compatibility
  • Swimming, fishing, diving possibility
  • Customizable decoration
  • Good soundtrack
  • Slow progression
  • Fishing system requires figuring out without explanation
  • Odd-looking characters
  • Missing more explanation on mechanics

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's rating of 94.8%  Top 10% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Dinkum's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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