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Through the Woods is a third-person Norse horror adventure set in a forest on the western shores of Norway that tells the story of a mother and her missing son.

Release DateOct 27, 2016
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)70.9% (mostly positive) Bottom 35% / 71.1%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)68.3% / 68.7%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)1.1K  Top 15% / 1.5K  Top 10%
Curators62 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time3.8 hours
Play Time per Dollar11 minutes  Bottom 20%
Followers11K  Top 10%
Owners± 141.5K  Top 15%
Copies Sold± 51.8K  Top 15%
Gross Revenue ($)± 390.1K  Top 15%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

Here you can see Through the Woods's Steam rating and reviews between October 2016 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 80% (October 2016) and 71% (December 2023).

The 1.5K reviews Top 10% suggest that Through the Woods might be an indie success or even a small AAA 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 Through the Woods and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Through the Woods's review languages. The most popular language is English (47%), followed by Russian (18%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 25 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 7 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 Through the Woods percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Through the Woods, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time played is decent, reaching 6 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.7 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • intriguing story premise
  • environments are great
  • nature looks beautiful
  • music and sound effects are excellent
  • interesting plot developments
  • spooky atmosphere
  • immersive environments
  • little puzzles
  • achievements and trading cards
  • decent visuals
  • very short for the price
  • significant frame drops
  • the voice acting could have been better
  • lack of emotion in the mother's dialogue
  • character controls wonky and frustrating
  • unnecessarily slow movement
  • missable story events
  • no interesting mechanics
  • monster encounters simply require you to walk past
  • not much replay value

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 rating of 70.9%  Bottom 35% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Through the Woods's review data provided by Steam. 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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