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Enjoy everyday life while solving a murder mystery in Rainy Woods - known as the "happiest town in the world" - in this all-new "Debt Repayment RPG"!

Release DateOct 15, 2021
Price$ 29.99  Top 3%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)80.1% (positive) / 80.1%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)73.5% / 74.5%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)151  / 261  Top 30%
Curators62 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time18.9 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar38 minutes
Followers3.6K  Top 20%
Owners± 16.3K 
Copies Sold± 6.5K 
Gross Revenue ($)± 129.4K  Top 20%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of The Good Life steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see The Good Life's Steam rating and reviews between October 2021 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 85.9% (October 2021) to 79.4% (April 2023).

With 261 reviews Top 25%, The Good Life could be a decent indie success. The graph seems to be a long tailed distribution. That sometimes means that the marketing efforts were concentrated on the game launch, and that there was no major update or discounts after.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for The Good Life and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of The Good Life's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (71%), followed by Simplified Chinese (10%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 17 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 4 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 The Good Life percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in The Good Life, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time played is very good, reaching 44 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 2.1 times less than the median for positive reviews. The negative review time is high (median is 10 hours), it can be a sign that The Good Life 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
  • photography with strategy
  • mystery-shrouded storyline
  • changing forms grant access
  • quirky characters
  • collectibles
  • manage garden
  • cooking
  • love the art and soundtrack
  • survival aspect
  • fun game in short bursts
  • kb/m controls clunky
  • bugs and glitches
  • long and grindy quests
  • fetch quests repetitive
  • lack of accessibility options
  • breaks immersion
  • stereotypical protagonist
  • repetitive at times
  • gets boring with long playtime
  • some ugly glitches

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's rating of 80.1% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of The Good Life'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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