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Take command over RAF during the WW2 history turning point, the Battle of Britain! The goal of the game is to defend Great Britain against German bombing raids.

Release DateJun 18, 2014
Price$ 7.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)58.2% (mixed) Bottom 20% / 50.8%  Bottom 15%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)56.1% Bottom 25% / 50.6%  Bottom 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)91  / 187  Top 30%
Curators10 reviews
Median Play Time6.1 hours  Top 25%
Play Time per Dollar46 minutes  Top 30%
Followers350 
Owners± 60.2K  Top 20%
Copies Sold± 6.8K 
Gross Revenue ($)± 36.3K  Top 30%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

This chart shows The Few's Steam rating and reviews from June 2014 to December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 73.3% (July 2014) to 50.5% (February 2022).

The 187 reviews Top 30% suggest that The Few might be a reasonable indie success. The chart suggests a long tail distribution, which could mean that the game was promoted at laucnch but that there were no more marketing, update or major discounts after that point.

Review Languages
 

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

This donut graph displays the languages of The Few's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (71%), followed by Polish (6%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 18 languages represented. The game has 2 translations (English and Polish), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the time played in The Few, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time in game is excellent, with 34 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 3.5 times less than the median for positive reviews.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Unique experience in PC gaming
  • Interesting management aspects
  • Nice idea
  • Good music
  • Great customisation tool for pilots
  • Great promise at the game start
  • Building and placing airfields, radar, AA guns etc
  • Potential to get really very, very addictive
  • Decent presentation
  • Great customisation tool for pilots
  • Poor and unresponsive UI and controls
  • Two things that are unimmersive and strange
  • Short and annoying tutorial which unexplained the game poorly
  • Tactics become micromanagey
  • Repetitive gameplay
  • Bad polish voice acting
  • Gameplay is too slow and requires constant attention
  • No real strategy involved in playing the game
  • Annoying minor details
  • Disappointing game that could have been a much more fun experience

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 58.2% rating  Bottom 20% should be factored in during their evaluation.

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