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Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.

Release DateOct 8, 2012
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)97.5% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 2% / 97.6%  Top 2%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)95.7% Top 1% / 96%  Top 1%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)58.6K  Top 1% / 77.5K  Top 1%
Curators214 reviews  Top 2%
Median Play Time25 hours  Top 5%
Play Time per Dollar2.5 hours  Top 10%
Followers90.8K  Top 2%
Owners± 5.5M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 3.7M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 25.1M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

This graph shows Dishonored's Steam rating and reviews between October 2012 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a narrow range going from 99.3% (March 2013) to 97.2% (May 2019).

With 77.5K reviews Top 1%, Dishonored is an undeniable major AAA level success. The November 2016 peak suggests that there was a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Dishonored and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Dishonored's review languages. The most popular language is English (58%), followed by Simplified Chinese (9%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 29 different languages represented. The game is translated in 5 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 Dishonored percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Dishonored, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time in game is outstanding, with 57 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 2.9 times less than the median for positive reviews. A high negative review play time (median : 9 hours) could mean that Dishonored crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult in the end. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Many paths and ways to play through a given level
  • Solid and enjoyable gameplay
  • Appropriately dark setting
  • Multiple solutions to problems
  • Decisions actually matter
  • Smooth, polished, immensely enjoyable gameplay
  • Surprisingly deep lore
  • Well crafted environments
  • Relatable, believable characters
  • Game gives you the ability to eliminate a target/enemy in any way you want
  • Poor textures on closer inspection
  • Plot is predictable and uninspired
  • Virtually no character development
  • Voice-acting felt strained and unconvincing
  • Powers given to you without good reason
  • AI is a little schizophrenic
  • Nonlethal/stealth setup is heavily built and not subtle
  • Some mechanics are poorly explained
  • Some powers and abilities are too powerful
  • Some repetitive interactions are awful

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 score of 97.5%  Top 2% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Dishonored's review data that Steam provides. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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