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Drive the most powerful truck and destroy every opponent that you’ll find on the road or go to the multiplayer mode and decide who is the king of the highway, among your friends.

Release DateMar 12, 2014
Price$ 7.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)80.5% (positive) / 76.7%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)73.3% / 70.8%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)118  / 146
Curators9 reviews
Median Play Time4 hours
Play Time per Dollar31 minutes
Followers388 
Owners± 48.7K  Top 25%
Copies Sold± 8.7K  Top 30%
Gross Revenue ($)± 13K 

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Sledgehammer / Gear Grinder steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Sledgehammer / Gear Grinder's Steam rating and reviews between March 2014 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 90% (July 2014) to 64.5% (March 2015).

The 146 reviews suggest that Sledgehammer / Gear Grinder might be a reasonable indie success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Sledgehammer / Gear Grinder and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Sledgehammer / Gear Grinder's review languages. The most popular language is Russian (49%), followed by English (33%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 14 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 6 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 Sledgehammer / Gear Grinder percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Sledgehammer / Gear Grinder, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time in game is acceptable, with 7 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 2.4 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. A low negative review time (median : 124 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 Sledgehammer / Gear Grinder and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • You get to blow shit up
  • New cool weapons and better parts
  • Good handling for a truck
  • Some of the missions are really cool
  • A nice world to drive in
  • Race/combat transformer function
  • The satisfaction of destroying everything in your path
  • Good sound and music
  • Graphics are tolerable
  • Upgrades for your truck
  • Difficulty spikes
  • A lot of bugs
  • Because of the above the game is unnecessarily hard
  • The story is okay, it is nothing spectacular
  • Some missions are really frustrating
  • Voiceover is atrocious
  • Graphics are so-so
  • Not worth the price
  • Inconsistent framerate
  • Less than perfect controls

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 rating of 80.5% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Sledgehammer / Gear Grinder'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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