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Soul Gambler puts YOU in the role of Faust, an ordinary young man living in the present day whose DESTINY is about to be change forever.

Release DateJul 10, 2014
Price$ 4.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)87.2% (very positive) / 87.1%  Top 30%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)83.6% Top 15% / 83.7%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)2.2K  Top 10% / 2.7K  Top 10%
Curators60 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time3.3 hours
Play Time per Dollar1.1 hour  Top 20%
Followers1.8K  Top 25%
Owners± 407.8K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 282.8K  Top 5%
Gross Revenue ($)± 192.3K  Top 20%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

This chart shows Soul Gambler's Steam rating and reviews from July 2014 to December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 62.2% (January 2015) to 88.5% (December 2016).

Soul Gambler is an AAA level success, with 2.7K reviews Top 10%. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

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

This donut graph displays the languages of Soul Gambler's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (46%), followed by Portuguese - Brazil (21%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 26 languages represented. The game has 2 translations (English and Portuguese - Brazil), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

Chart displaying Soul Gambler percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Soul Gambler depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is decent, reaching 5 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 1.5 times less than the median for positive reviews. A low negative review time (median : 134 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 Soul Gambler 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
  • modernization of Faust: elegant subtext
  • empathetic main character
  • well put story with several different endings
  • beautiful hand-drawn art
  • actual replayability
  • multiple outcomes for more replay value
  • interesting perk points
  • intriguing idea and characters
  • fantastic aesthetics with a lot of details
  • well-done music and sounds
  • simple art
  • exposition dump dialogues sometimes try too hard
  • sloppy writing
  • horrible soundtrack
  • terribly short
  • choices remain limited within the confines of the game
  • writing not all that great

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 87.2% rating should be factored in during their evaluation.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Soul Gambler's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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