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Release DateNov 10, 2016
Price$ 29.99  Top 3%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)87.1% (very positive) / 86.9%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)84.7% Top 15% / 84.7%  Top 10%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)8.8K  Top 3% / 12K  Top 3%
Curators222 reviews  Top 2%
Median Play Time40.3 hours  Top 3%
Play Time per Dollar1.3 hour  Top 15%
Followers106.9K  Top 1%
Owners± 808.1K  Top 4%
Copies Sold± 471.1K  Top 3%
Gross Revenue ($)± 10.8M  Top 2%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

Here you can see Tyranny's Steam rating and reviews between November 2016 and December 2023. Steam's rating is relatively stable, varying from 90.4% (November 2016) to 86.3% (May 2019).

With its 12K reviews Top 3%, Tyranny is indisputably a major AAA level success. The graph seems to be a long tailed distribution. That sometimes means that the marketing efforts were concentrated on the game launch, and that there was no major update or discounts after.

Review Languages
 

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

This donut chart displays the languages of Tyranny's reviewers. The most popular language is English (62%), followed by Russian (17%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 28 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 6 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 Tyranny percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Tyranny, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time played is great, reaching 77 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 2.1 times less than the median for positive reviews. Some Tyranny players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 47 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. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Great Campaign System
  • Classless Leveling System
  • Non-linear Network of Quests
  • 4 distinct paths with different endings
  • Well-written NPCs
  • Immersive Storytelling and World
  • Innovative Reputation System
  • Huge variety of character combat builds
  • Magic customization
  • High replay value
  • Predominantly brown/red/grey palette
  • Some ho-hum dungeon design
  • Too much loot
  • Very text reliant
  • Occasionally muddled and confusing objectives
  • World is humourless and barren
  • Emotionless
  • Some balancing issues with AI
  • Plot feels rushed
  • Combat overall feels too easy

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's rating of 87.1% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Tyranny'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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