Virtual Villagers: A New Home (Steam Game) Steam logo

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Care for and nurture a tribe of little people by teaching them the basics of survival. They need to become farmers, builders, scientists, parents and make decisions about unpredictable 'island events'! Guide their day-to-day lives and help them explore and restore their new home.

Developer  Publisher:  Genres:  Translations:  Features:  Tags:  
Release DateMay 12, 2008
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)87.4% (very positive) / 87.4%  Top 30%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)78.4% Top 25% / 78.6%  Top 25%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)111  / 119
Curators8 reviews
Median Play Time11.5 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar1.2 hour  Top 20%
Followers203 
Owners± 17.9K 
Copies Sold± 3.6K 
Gross Revenue ($)± 31.3K 

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Virtual Villagers: A New Home steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Virtual Villagers: A New Home's Steam rating and reviews from July 2012 to December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 87.3% (December 2023) to 75% (July 2016).

With its 119 reviews, Virtual Villagers: A New Home could be considered a decent success for an indie game. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Virtual Villagers: A New Home and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Virtual Villagers: A New Home's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (92%), followed by German (3%). There is diversity in the review languages, with 8 languages represented. The game has only one translation (English). Having more translations could have boosted the game's popularity.

Time Played

Chart displaying Virtual Villagers: A New Home percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Virtual Villagers: A New Home depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time in game is excellent, with 41 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 2.4 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. The negative review time is high (median is 6 hours), it can be a sign that Virtual Villagers: A New Home 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
  • Survival gameplay
  • 16 puzzles to solve
  • Assign villagers to tasks
  • Real-time gameplay
  • Research projects
  • Pretty forgiving gameplay
  • Straightforward puzzles
  • No technical problems
  • Great for nostalgia
  • Certain charm to it
  • Simplistic gameplay
  • Little control
  • Annoying micromanagement
  • Not much to do in game
  • Infuriating zoomed-in screen
  • Rare object spawn issues
  • Requires patience
  • Not worth the price
  • No steam achievements
  • No incentive to keep playing

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 87.4% rating should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Virtual Villagers: A New Home's review data that Steam provides. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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