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Join intrepid sailor and recent island castaway Mina as she explores the hidden secrets within the Jules Verne classic inspired Mysterious Island. Gather key articles left from the island’s previous inhabitants and combine them in unique and interesting ways to stay alive and stay hopeful for rescue.

Release DateMar 6, 2014
Price$ 7.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)80.5% (positive) / 81.9%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)75.1% / 76.6%  Top 30%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)308  Top 25% / 376  Top 25%
Curators15 reviews
Median Play Time5.4 hours  Top 30%
Play Time per Dollar40 minutes
Followers1.1K 
Owners± 96.4K  Top 15%
Copies Sold± 22.3K  Top 20%
Gross Revenue ($)± 46.5K  Top 30%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Return to Mysterious Island steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Return to Mysterious Island's Steam rating and reviews between March 2014 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 90% (March 2014) to 75% (July 2014).

With its 376 reviews Top 25%, Return to Mysterious Island could be considered a decent success for an indie game. The August 2014 peak suggests that there was a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Return to Mysterious Island and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Return to Mysterious Island's reviewers. The most popular language is English (48%), followed by Russian (23%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 18 different languages represented. The game is translated in 7 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 Return to Mysterious Island percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Return to Mysterious Island depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time in game is acceptable, with 9 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 7.1 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. When the negative review time is low (median : 53 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 Return to Mysterious Island 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
  • good puzzles
  • interesting mechanics
  • multiple solutions to puzzles
  • logical puzzles
  • educational elements
  • crafting element is superb
  • excellent voice acting
  • real-world scenarios
  • good graphics for the time
  • engaging gameplay
  • outdated and unstable
  • difficult to run on modern systems
  • lack of feedback on item use
  • short game
  • annoying robots
  • nauseating stationary nodes
  • bland and forgettable story
  • slow start up time
  • cannot be played without fixing issues
  • poor controls without instructions

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 score of 80.5% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Return to Mysterious Island'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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