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Discover an untold crime story from the mysterious youth of the famous detective Hercule Poirot.

Release DateSep 27, 2021
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)76.9% (mostly positive) / 76.4%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)73.1% / 72.9%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)671  Top 15% / 812  Top 15%
Curators30 reviews  Top 20%
Median Play Time10.2 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar25 minutes
Followers5.2K  Top 15%
Owners± 58.9K  Top 20%
Copies Sold± 34K  Top 15%
Gross Revenue ($)± 452.7K  Top 15%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases's Steam rating and reviews from September 2021 to December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 82.9% (October 2021) and 76.1% (September 2023).

The 812 reviews Top 15% suggest that Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases might be an indie success or even a small AAA 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 Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (37%), followed by Simplified Chinese (25%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 23 languages represented. The game has been translated in 12 languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is decent, reaching 14 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews median playtime closely matches the median for positive reviews, meaning that there is no major difference between the players' experiences and the reviews probably reflect personal preferences more than anything else. The negative review time is high (median is 9 hours), it can be a sign that Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • interesting story and characters
  • atmospheric environment
  • great voice acting
  • autosave function
  • zoomable graphics
  • fully voiced dialogues
  • believable take on Hercule Poirot
  • logical connections between available facts
  • consistently fascinating investigation
  • good moment to moment writing
  • lack of player agency
  • only one path to the end
  • tedious and dull moments
  • no mechanisms in place to punish failure
  • clicking at random to brute force through the game
  • restriction on lines of questioning and dialogue
  • mind map mechanic was hamstrung
  • wealth of information ignored by the main character
  • underwhelming deduction mechanics
  • no way to have the game take twists and turns based on player input

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 76.9% rating should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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