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Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?

Release DateJan 21, 2016
Price$ 16.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)80.6% (positive) / 76.8%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)76.7% Top 30% / 73.7%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)926  Top 15% / 1.3K  Top 15%
Curators49 reviews  Top 15%
Median Play Time27.1 hours  Top 5%
Play Time per Dollar1.6 hour  Top 15%
Followers20.1K  Top 5%
Owners± 353.5K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 78.3K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 662.3K  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

This chart shows Subterrain's Steam rating and reviews from April 2015 to December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 100% (May 2015) to 76.7% (December 2023).

The 1.3K reviews Top 15% suggest that Subterrain 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 Subterrain and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Subterrain's review languages. The most popular language is English (52%), followed by Simplified Chinese (13%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 22 languages represented. The game is translated in 12 languages, which is nice.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the number of hours played in Subterrain depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. It also shows the reviews during Early Access. The time played is great, reaching 69 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 3.3 times less than the median for positive reviews. Some Subterrain players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 43 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Great controller support and user interface
  • Awesome complexity with base building and crafting
  • Very polished feel and depth
  • Top running for both ARPG and survival horror
  • Randomly generated level gives it good replay-value
  • Huge content
  • Crafting system
  • Nice pacing of progression and use of time till you escape
  • Multi-save feature
  • Challenging enemies when swarmed
  • Very difficult to play on the big-screen due to large amounts of screen darkness
  • Lots to learn with all the complexity involved
  • So much exploring without anything happening in the beginning
  • Not easy for beginners
  • Game is a grind
  • Combat is very basic with limited weapons options
  • Weapons have wear and tear along with using up your precious energy
  • Sleep meter is so annoying
  • Game’s music is worthless
  • Story is weak and should be skipped

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 80.6% rating should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Subterrain's review data that Steam provides. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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