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When humans get too lonely, they turn into monsters… Set sail across a beautiful and evolving world of darkness and light, and discover what it means to be human.

Release DateJun 4, 2020
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)83.6% (positive) / 83.9%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)79.2% Top 25% / 80.4%  Top 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)863  Top 15% / 1.8K  Top 10%
Curators60 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time3.6 hours
Play Time per Dollar11 minutes  Bottom 20%
Followers6.5K  Top 15%
Owners± 97.4K  Top 15%
Copies Sold± 20.5K  Top 20%
Gross Revenue ($)± 127.1K  Top 20%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

Here you can see Sea of Solitude's Steam rating and reviews between June 2020 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 83.9% (September 2023) to 89% (November 2020).

With 1.8K reviews Top 10%, Sea of Solitude could be an indie success or even a small AAA success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Sea of Solitude and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Sea of Solitude's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (49%), followed by Portuguese - Brazil (8%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 25 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 6 languages. Considering that, unless the game is text-heavy, adding translations is not a lot of work compared to making a game, it is often a good idea to translate the game in many languages.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the time played in Sea of Solitude, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is acceptable, with 5 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is similar to the median for positive reviews, hinting that there is no significant difference in the player's experience and that is more a question of personal taste.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Beautiful graphics and atmosphere
  • Value for money
  • Emotional and heartwarming story
  • Well-crafted creepy monsters
  • Easy gameplay
  • Meaningful metaphors
  • Lessons on compassion and understanding
  • Engaging boat trip
  • Great use of transition in storytelling
  • Cute main character
  • Requires EA Origin
  • Some cringy dialogues
  • Disappointing ending
  • Awkward boat controls
  • Linearity in exploration
  • Designed primarily for controllers
  • Short game for a high price
  • Voice acting can be off
  • Confusing ledge triggering sequence

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 83.6% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Sea of Solitude's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. 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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