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This is a story of disease and suffering; of medication and adverse effects; of thoracotomy scars and cellular poisons; of the living who cannot help but to die and of the dying who cannot help but to live; of a resting place other than "on 7F" or "at home".

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Release DateApr 24, 2015
PriceFree
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)94.1% (very positive) Top 15% / 95.6%  Top 10%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)80.7% Top 20% / 91.9%  Top 2%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)51  / 4.4K  Top 5%
Curators153 reviews  Top 3%
Median Play Time4 hours
Followers13.9K  Top 10%
Owners± 511.9K  Top 5%
Copies Sold± 279.3K  Top 5%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Narcissu 1st & 2nd steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Narcissu 1st & 2nd's Steam rating and reviews from April 2014 to December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 90.6% (April 2014) and 95.5% (November 2023), with relatively small variations.

Narcissu 1st & 2nd is an AAA level success, with 4.4K reviews Top 5%. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Narcissu 1st & 2nd and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Narcissu 1st & 2nd's reviewers. The most popular language is English (44%), followed by Simplified Chinese (36%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 24 languages represented. The game has 2 translations (English and Japanese), it could have been more popular if it was translated in more languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Narcissu 1st & 2nd percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Narcissu 1st & 2nd depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. It also shows the reviews during Early Access. The time in game is acceptable, with 9 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 8 times less than the median for positive reviews. A low negative review time (median : 31 minutes) can mean that the game crashes on some systems or that the type of gameplay was not completely clear to the players (Is the game unmistakably explained on the Steam Store ?). It is also possible that players were otherwise displeased by Narcissu 1st & 2nd 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
  • Touching and emotional storyline
  • Fantastic Soundtrack
  • A lot of extra features/extra side content
  • 2 games in one
  • Free to play on Steam
  • Characters: 8/10
  • Story: 8/10
  • Sound: 9/10
  • Graphics: 7/10
  • Music: 10/10
  • Completely Linear Visual Novel - no choices and storyline has one path
  • Very short
  • Replay value forces players to play the same story with only difference between having voiceovers on and off
  • Depressing storyline
  • Slow plot
  • Few scenes with people
  • Too much description of mundane activities
  • Lack of character development
  • Barely fleshed out self-insert male protagonist

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's 94.1% rating  Top 15% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Narcissu 1st & 2nd'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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