Indie Game: The Movie (Steam Game) Steam logo

Release DateJun 12, 2012
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)96.5% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 4% / 92.6%  Top 15%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)90.7% Top 3% / 88.1%  Top 5%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)1K  Top 15% / 1.8K  Top 10%
Curators101 reviews  Top 5%
Median Play Time4.4 hours
Play Time per Dollar26 minutes
Followers2.1K  Top 25%
Owners± 414.4K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 102.4K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 502.6K  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Indie Game: The Movie steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Indie Game: The Movie's Steam rating and reviews from June 2012 to December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 98.8% (November 2012) to 92.3% (March 2022).

The 1.8K reviews Top 10% suggest that Indie Game: The Movie might be an indie success or even a small AAA success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Indie Game: The Movie and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Indie Game: The Movie's review languages. The most popular language is English (61%), followed by Simplified Chinese (6%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 23 languages represented. The game is translated in 24 languages, which is nice.

Time Played

Chart displaying Indie Game: The Movie percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Indie Game: The Movie depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is decent, reaching 9 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.9 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. When the negative review time is low (median : 146 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 Indie Game: The Movie and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • One full length movie with extra shorts
  • Commentary tracks for main movie
  • Interesting story about indie game developers
  • Insightful for aspiring game developers
  • Relaxing music
  • Emotional behind the scenes story
  • Short fun game
  • Good documentary for gamers
  • Shows dedication and passion of indie game developers
  • Rewarding for hard work
  • No subtitles except for main movie
  • Developers complain about being overworked
  • Not interesting if not into indie game development
  • PAX overhyped as a marketing strategy
  • Feels like a fictional drama
  • Sob story
  • Complaints about lack of funding
  • Can be frustrating to watch

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 96.5% rating  Top 4% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Indie Game: The Movie'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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