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The Good Life is an intriguing combination of gameplay styles: part tycoon, part time-management, part simulation and 100% fun! Live the life you always dreamed of on your way to becoming the area top dog in this tropical sandbox game.

Release DateNov 21, 2014
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)52.9% (mixed) Bottom 15% / 51.9%  Bottom 15%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)52.2% Bottom 20% / 51.5%  Bottom 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)138  / 162
Curators10 reviews
Median Play Time4.1 hours
Play Time per Dollar25 minutes
Followers1.1K 
Owners± 16.8K 
Copies Sold± 9.5K  Top 30%
Gross Revenue ($)± 29.8K 

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

Here you can see The Good Life's Steam rating and reviews between November 2014 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 72.2% (November 2014) and 50.6% (June 2022).

The 162 reviews suggest that The Good Life might be a reasonable indie success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

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

This doughnut graph shows The Good Life's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (57%), followed by German (12%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 16 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has 2 translations (English and German), it could have been more popular if it was translated in more languages.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the time players have spent in The Good Life, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time played is adequate, reaching 21 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 8.3 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. When the negative review time is low (median : 50 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 The Good Life 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
  • interesting concept
  • satisfaction management game
  • worth the price
  • real estate purchasing
  • new fishing missions
  • superb water effects
  • calming music atmosphere
  • good boat docking simulation
  • building water taxi/property tycoon business
  • simple, relaxing, and no brainer-time killer
  • poor graphics
  • difficulty in docking the boat
  • glaring flaws need to be fixed
  • no audio sliders in the option menu
  • certain situations in which the "save" button will not appear
  • pop up missions during ferry missions
  • no real market strategy to the end game
  • not a good tycoon game
  • odd pirates
  • not what was expected

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 52.9%  Bottom 15% 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 Good Life's review data provided by Steam. 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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