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Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.

Release DateMar 13, 2018
PriceFree
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)84.2% (positive) / 84%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)81.3% Top 20% / 81.4%  Top 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)3.6K  Top 10% / 4.8K  Top 5%
Curators184 reviews  Top 3%
Median Play Time16.8 hours  Top 10%
Followers47K  Top 3%
Owners± 1.1M  Top 3%
Copies Sold± 317.7K  Top 4%
Gross Revenue ($)± 199.2K  Top 20%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of The Council steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see The Council's Steam rating and reviews between March 2018 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 88.7% (June 2018) and 84% (December 2023), with relatively small variations.

With 4.8K reviews Top 5%, The Council is an AAA level success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for The Council and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows The Council's review languages. The most popular language is English (50%), followed by Russian (19%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 27 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 6 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying The Council percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in The Council, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time played is adequate, reaching 25 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.7 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. A high negative review play time (median : 11 hours) could mean that The Council crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult in the end. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Interesting story
  • Well-done voice over
  • Good graphics and atmosphere
  • Choices and consequences
  • Confronting characters
  • Choosing between three classes (Diplomat, Occultist, Detective)
  • Skills tree
  • Helpful journal
  • Multiple endings and outcomes
  • Extraordinary puzzles
  • No manual save
  • Unsatisfying ending
  • Mediocre character design
  • Bad animation
  • Bad game performance
  • Limited resources (especially Royal jelly and Carmelite water)
  • No option to skip previously seen cutscenes
  • Difficult puzzles
  • Carrying limited items
  • Change of perspective halfway through game

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 rating of 84.2% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of The Council's review data provided by Steam. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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