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Adventure awaits you and your friends in the world of Ylands! Gather resources, craft tools, construct anything and everything, and explore the lands! Build a ship and set sail, encountering mythical animals, a wide variety of sea-life, enemies of all kinds and much more!

Release DateDec 5, 2019
PriceFree
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)59.8% (mixed) Bottom 20% / 61.7%  Bottom 25%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)58.9% Bottom 30% / 60.9%  Bottom 35%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)3.7K  Top 10% / 7.6K  Top 4%
Curators72 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time17.7 hours  Top 10%
Followers59.2K  Top 2%
Owners± 1M  Top 3%
Copies Sold± 728.2K  Top 3%
Gross Revenue ($)± 128.4K  Top 20%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

This chart shows Ylands's Steam rating and reviews from December 2017 to December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 69.6% (December 2017) to 58.1% (October 2020).

With 7.6K reviews Top 4%, Ylands is an AAA level success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

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

This doughnut chart shows Ylands's review languages. The most popular language is English (54%), followed by Russian (12%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 27 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 Ylands percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Ylands, comparing positive and negative reviews. The reviews during the game's time in Early Access are visible too. The time in game is outstanding, with 85 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 7.6 times less than the median for positive reviews. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (40 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of Ylands's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Great single-player experience
  • Excellent multiplayer experience
  • Creativity welcome and rewarding
  • Doesn't feel repetitive
  • Immersive lighting, sound effects, weather, music, and artwork
  • Harvesting/Planting/Hunting/Fishing/Digging/Building/Sailing/Taming/Riding/Driving
  • Fun exploration time
  • No need for dedicated servers
  • Addicting crafting game
  • Microtransactions/Pay to win
  • Connectivity issues
  • Limited Exploration Mode
  • Poor character customization options
  • In-game store
  • Game advertised as a lie
  • Small map with no progression carry-over
  • Early Access Game with in-game shop
  • Not finished, but locked features
  • Bad business tactics

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 59.8% rating  Bottom 20% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Ylands's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. 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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