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You seek untold riches, eternal life, divine powers - it leads to this accursed temple, a seemingly-infinite labyrinth of bottomless pits, deadly traps, and monsters.

Early Access3 Mar, 2020
Release DateFeb 23, 2021
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)85.3% (very positive) / 84.7%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)82.8% Top 15% / 82.3%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)6.4K  Top 4% / 7.3K  Top 4%
Curators164 reviews  Top 3%
Median Play Time19.9 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar59 minutes  Top 25%
Followers57.8K  Top 2%
Owners± 488.3K  Top 5%
Copies Sold± 419.7K  Top 4%
Gross Revenue ($)± 4.4M  Top 4%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Curse of the Dead Gods steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Curse of the Dead Gods's Steam rating and reviews from March 2020 to December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 90.8% (April 2020) and 84.6% (December 2023).

With 7.3K reviews Top 4%, Curse of the Dead Gods is an AAA level success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Curse of the Dead Gods and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Curse of the Dead Gods's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (50%), followed by Simplified Chinese (17%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 26 languages represented. The game has been translated in 11 languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Curse of the Dead Gods percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Curse of the Dead Gods, comparing positive and negative reviews. It also shows the reviews during Early Access. The time played is great, reaching 54 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 2.9 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. A high negative review play time (median : 8 hours) could mean that Curse of the Dead Gods crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult in the end. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Meaty combat with combos and satisfying attacks
  • Emphasis on stamina management and risk vs reward
  • Relic and weapon variants for added badassery
  • Darkness and torch mechanics add to exploration
  • Slay the Spire/FTL-esque roadmap for level completion
  • Interesting curse mechanics with trade-offs
  • Gold and blood economy with corruption drawbacks
  • Beautiful art direction, fluid animation, and good support
  • Creepy sounds, atmospheric soundtrack, and Western art style
  • Hardcore gameplay with a fair learning curve
  • Lack of content and bosses
  • Poor difficulty scaling and tedious boss fights
  • Poor resource management and healing
  • Animations locking player in place or direction
  • Stamina system slowing down combat with narrow parry window
  • Small invincibility window for health
  • Difficulty scaling issues with stacked corruption
  • Grinding potential
  • Limited character customization
  • Too much grind for some achievements

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's 85.3% rating should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Curse of the Dead Gods's review data provided by Steam. 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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