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A fictional universe sandbox/exploration game. 🪐☄️✨ Shape your own solar system by terraforming planets. Find new species and make beautiful ecosystems . . . or breed destruction with volcanos, lightning storms and wildfires!

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Release DateOct 12, 2021
Price$ 4.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)89.9% (very positive) Top 25% / 90.8%  Top 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)80.7% Top 20% / 81.6%  Top 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)129  / 141
Curators16 reviews
Median Play Time4.4 hours
Play Time per Dollar53 minutes  Top 30%
Followers977 
Owners± 22.6K 
Copies Sold± 4K 
Gross Revenue ($)± 13.1K 

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

Here you can see Heliopedia's Steam rating and reviews between October 2021 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 88.8% (October 2021) to 94.2% (May 2022).

With its 141 reviews, Heliopedia could be considered a decent success for an indie game. 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 Heliopedia and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Heliopedia's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (71%), followed by Portuguese - Brazil (11%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 14 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has been translated in only one language (English), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the time played in Heliopedia depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is decent, reaching 7 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 2.1 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. When the negative review time is low (median : 130 minutes), it can be a sign that the game crashes on some systems or that players misunderstood the nature of the game (Does the Steam page clearly explain it, with gifs and a gameplay video ?). It can also mean that some players were somehow offended by Heliopedia and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Fun discovery
  • Good sound and visuals
  • Balancing ecosystem
  • Interesting combinations
  • Immersive gameplay
  • Intricate combinations
  • Art is well-made
  • Dynamic homeostasis
  • Complimentary artwork
  • Immersive atmosphere
  • Limited inventory
  • Obtuse recipes
  • Some combinations tedious
  • No volume adjustment
  • No cloud saves
  • Unfinished tutorial
  • Difficult balancing
  • Complex interactions
  • Requires gathering rare resources
  • All planets tend to be wet

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 89.9%  Top 25% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Heliopedia's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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