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Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.

Release DateAug 2, 2019
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)82.8% (positive) / 82.3%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)77.1% Top 30% / 77.1%  Top 30%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)342  Top 25% / 451  Top 20%
Curators43 reviews  Top 15%
Median Play Time9.6 hours  Top 20%
Play Time per Dollar29 minutes
Followers2.4K  Top 25%
Owners± 27.8K  Top 30%
Copies Sold± 10.7K  Top 30%
Gross Revenue ($)± 110.5K  Top 20%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

Here you can see Dry Drowning's Steam rating and reviews between August 2019 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 97.7% (November 2019) and 82.2% (December 2023).

With its 451 reviews Top 20%, Dry Drowning could be considered a decent success for an indie game.

Review Languages
 

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

This doughnut graph shows Dry Drowning's reviewers languages. The most popular language is Simplified Chinese (60%), followed by English (22%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 16 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 6 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the time players have spent in Dry Drowning depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is adequate, reaching 15 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 1.7 times less than the median for positive reviews. The negative review time is high (median is 6 hours), it can be a sign that Dry Drowning crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • unique
  • cyberpunk
  • futuristic
  • atmospheric
  • traditional gameplay
  • good detective story
  • interesting plot
  • meaningful choices
  • great world-building
  • good character development
  • lack of full audio
  • tangle of settings
  • occasional misleading puzzles
  • repetitive sound effects
  • moral overloading in scriptwriting
  • fairly easy puzzles

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 82.8% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Dry Drowning's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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