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Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a computer.

Release DateJul 25, 2016
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)90.3% (very positive) Top 25% / 90.4%  Top 25%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)84.4% Top 15% / 85.3%  Top 10%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)588  Top 20% / 999  Top 15%
Curators87 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time8.6 hours  Top 20%
Play Time per Dollar26 minutes
Followers8.4K  Top 10%
Owners± 242.8K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 36.6K  Top 15%
Gross Revenue ($)± 367.1K  Top 15%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

This chart shows Headlander's Steam rating and reviews from July 2016 to December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 88.2% (July 2016) and 91.2% (October 2021), with relatively small variations.

The 999 reviews Top 15% suggest that Headlander might be an indie success or even a small AAA success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

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

This donut chart displays the languages of Headlander's reviewers. The most popular language is English (77%), followed by Russian (7%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 21 languages represented. 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 Headlander percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Headlander depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is decent, reaching 12 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 1.8 times less than the median for positive reviews.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Great style
  • Good personality
  • Some decent humor
  • Play as a man OR a woman!
  • Lots of hidden upgrades
  • Combat mechanics are enjoyable
  • Art style, and environments look great
  • Character animations look amazing
  • Optional side quests
  • The rate at which you earn upgrades for your character is paced nicely
  • Very shallow gameplay
  • End game is chaotic bullet-hell
  • Half of upgrade tree entirely unnecessary
  • Unskippable cutscenes
  • Mini map is too zoomed in to see enough of the area
  • Some backtracking to complete side quests
  • Repetitive after a few hours
  • Not much more to the story
  • Combat felt repetitive
  • Slowed down the pace of the game significantly

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 90.3% rating  Top 25% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Headlander's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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