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Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.

Release DateAug 27, 2020
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)90% (very positive) Top 25% / 83.7%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)86.5% Top 10% / 81.7%  Top 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)3.2K  Top 10% / 11.2K  Top 3%
Curators153 reviews  Top 3%
Median Play Time10.9 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar32 minutes
Followers29.7K  Top 4%
Owners± 2.6M  Top 2%
Copies Sold± 137K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 2.4M  Top 5%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Tell Me Why steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Tell Me Why's Steam rating and reviews between August 2020 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 91.1% (August 2020) and 83.6% (November 2023).

With 11.2K reviews Top 3%, Tell Me Why is an undeniable major AAA level success. The June 2021 peak suggests that there was a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Tell Me Why and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Tell Me Why's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (53%), followed by Portuguese - Brazil (13%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 28 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has been translated in 8 languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Tell Me Why percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Tell Me Why, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time in game is not bad at all, with 15 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 3.9 times less than the median for positive reviews.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • well-written story
  • beautiful graphics
  • interesting setting
  • beliavable
  • characters with depth
  • able to change outcomes
  • special book containing tales
  • interesting themes
  • supernatural aspect
  • good voice acting
  • boring gameplay
  • slow pace
  • forced narrative
  • lack of commitment in the plot
  • wasted potential with trans character representation
  • underwhelming dialogue system
  • melodramatic
  • inconsistent memories system
  • mind-numbing
  • too much zoning out

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 rating of 90%  Top 25% 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 Tell Me Why's review data provided by Steam. 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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