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Set out to discover and record plants and creatures for the Violet Archive. Grow crops, tame animals, and build the perfect farm! Forge friendships along the way as you begin your life as a researcher!

Early AccessFeb 20, 2023
Price$ 13.99  Top 20%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)93.4% (very positive) Top 15% / 94.1%  Top 10%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)82.8% Top 15% / 83.7%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)106  / 119
Curators23 reviews  Top 25%
Median Play Time12 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar52 minutes  Top 30%
Followers3.8K  Top 20%
Owners± 4.9K 
Copies Sold± 4.4K 
Gross Revenue ($)± 52.5K  Top 30%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Research Story steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Research Story's Steam rating and reviews between February 2023 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 97.7% (February 2023) and 91% (March 2023).

With its 119 reviews, Research Story could be considered a decent success for an indie game. 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 Research Story and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Research Story's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (83%), followed by Simplified Chinese (4%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 10 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has only one translation (English), it could have been more popular if it was translated in more languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Research Story percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Research Story for positive reviews. (There was not enough negative reviews.) It also shows the reviews during Early Access. The time in game is excellent, with 34 hours in the 80th percentile.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Pixel-cute Life sim
  • Basic mechanics working bug-free
  • Good variety of creature and plant types
  • Adorably animated creatures and plants
  • Craft everything on the go
  • Plenty of discoveries to make
  • Puzzles to solve
  • Very laid back
  • Active developers
  • Friendly advice in the forums
  • Repetitive for a life sim
  • Small game map
  • Short day and energy pool
  • Takes a lot of time for researching
  • Sparse new plants to collect
  • Difficulty balancing progress
  • Tiny inventory
  • Few quests and novelty
  • No indication of optimal order of taming/researching
  • Tedious to replenish energy daily

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 93.4%  Top 15% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Research Story'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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