Gods Will Be Watching (Steam Game) Steam logo

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Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face intriguing puzzles and tough decisions that will affect their entire crew’s wellbeing.

Release DateJul 24, 2014
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)71.9% (mostly positive) Bottom 35% / 70.9%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)69.7% / 69%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)2.1K  Top 10% / 2.8K  Top 10%
Curators123 reviews  Top 4%
Median Play Time7.6 hours  Top 25%
Play Time per Dollar46 minutes
Followers14.2K  Top 10%
Owners± 468K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 252.7K  Top 5%
Gross Revenue ($)± 962.8K  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Gods Will Be Watching steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Gods Will Be Watching's Steam rating and reviews from July 2014 to December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 59.1% (July 2014) to 71.7% (November 2016).

Gods Will Be Watching is an AAA level success, with 2.8K reviews Top 10%. 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 Gods Will Be Watching and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Gods Will Be Watching's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (66%), followed by Russian (9%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 23 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 Gods Will Be Watching percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Gods Will Be Watching depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is adequate, reaching 16 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 4.7 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. When the negative review time is low (median : 134 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 Gods Will Be Watching 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
  • intriguing story
  • beautiful pixel art
  • challenging
  • rewarding
  • good music
  • interesting concept
  • satisfying
  • great ending
  • unique gameplay
  • accessibility
  • frustrating
  • too difficult
  • no checkpoints
  • trial and error
  • lacks visual clues
  • limited choices
  • time management
  • tedious
  • unfair
  • not interactive

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 71.9% rating  Bottom 35% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Gods Will Be Watching'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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