Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale (Steam Game) Steam logo

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Get yourself into and out of another fine mess! Win glory, renown, and much-needed money through cunning schemes that will seem like good ideas at the time.

Release DateNov 12, 2020
Price$ 11.99  Top 25%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)97.6% (positive) Top 2% / 97.6%  Top 2%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)82.3% Top 20% / 82.3%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)42  / 42
Curators8 reviews
Median Play Time15.2 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar1.3 hour  Top 20%
Followers163  Bottom 35%
Owners± 1.1K  Bottom 30%
Copies Sold± 1.1K 
Gross Revenue ($)± 7.6K 

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale's Steam rating and reviews from November 2020 to December 2023. Steam's rating is in a narrow range going from 100% (November 2020) to 97.4% (December 2022).

With 42 reviews, Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale could be a success for a hobbyist, or a small indie success if it didn't take too long to produce. The chart looks like a long tail distribution, which sometimes means that the marketing was concentrated on the game launch and then stopped, and that no major update or discounts followed.

Review Languages

Donut graph showing review languages for Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale's review languages. The most popular language is English (90%), followed by Simplified Chinese (7%). There is not much diversity in the review languages, with only 3 languages represented. The game has only one translation (English). Having more translations could have boosted the game's popularity.

Time Played

Chart displaying Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale for positive reviews. (The number of negative reviews was not significant.) The time played is very good, reaching 41 hours in the 80th percentile.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • well written
  • wacky adventures
  • wit and humor
  • chapter reviews
  • some laughter
  • clever mechanics
  • DLCs available
  • nice effort
  • interesting mechanics
  • grateful author
  • unfinished
  • more anti-consumer
  • not enough monies
  • not interesting LIs
  • too many failures
  • need DLCs to navigate
  • magic goes missing
  • need to cheat to win
  • incomplete game series
  • incomplete information on store page

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 97.6% rating  Top 2% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale's review data that Steam provides. 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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