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Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.

Release DateAug 25, 2022
Price$ 24.99  Top 5%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)97.3% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 3% / 97.4%  Top 2%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)92.7% Top 2% / 92.9%  Top 1%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)2.2K  Top 10% / 2.4K  Top 10%
Curators62 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time28.6 hours  Top 5%
Play Time per Dollar1.2 hour  Top 20%
Followers10.8K  Top 10%
Owners± 71.1K  Top 20%
Copies Sold± 53.3K  Top 15%
Gross Revenue ($)± 1M  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows I Was a Teenage Exocolonist's Steam rating and reviews from August 2022 to December 2023. Steam's rating is very stable, varying from 96.7% (August 2022) to 97.6% (April 2023).

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is an AAA level success, with 2.4K reviews Top 10%.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for I Was a Teenage Exocolonist and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (89%), followed by Portuguese - Brazil (2%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 23 languages represented. 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 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in I Was a Teenage Exocolonist depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time in game is outstanding, with 57 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 2.9 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. The negative review time is high (median is 10 hours), it can be a sign that I Was a Teenage Exocolonist 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
  • Good worldbuilding
  • Interesting dialogue and events
  • Customizable protagonist gender and appearance
  • Multiple nonbinary characters
  • Aromantic and demisexual character representation
  • Polyamory options
  • Collectible alien pets
  • Stories can be altered by player
  • Content warnings available
  • Lovely art and CGs
  • Card game can slow pace and become tedious
  • Hard mode achievements limit accessibility
  • Too many endings
  • Underwhelming romantic scenes
  • Underrepresentation of Black characters
  • Game's conflict is one-sided and preachy
  • Shallow factions rob characters of depth
  • QoL/mechanical issues
  • Currently lacks a Quest menu
  • Flaws become more glaring with repeat playthroughs

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 97.3% rating  Top 3% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist'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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