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Enter a macabre and comical silent world filled with mischief, time travel and delicious pie. Includes Steam Achievements, Cloud, and Leaderboards!

Release DateApr 20, 2010
Price$ 4.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)89% (very positive) Top 30% / 88.3%  Top 30%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)82.5% Top 15% / 82.2%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)374  Top 25% / 445  Top 20%
Curators51 reviews  Top 15%
Median Play Time3.4 hours
Play Time per Dollar41 minutes
Followers781 
Owners± 134.5K  Top 15%
Copies Sold± 50.6K  Top 15%
Gross Revenue ($)± 103.7K  Top 20%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom's Steam rating and reviews between October 2010 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 100% (November 2010) to 87.5% (April 2020).

The 445 reviews Top 20% suggest that The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom might be a reasonable indie success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (69%), followed by Russian (7%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 18 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 5 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 The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, 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 3.3 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. When the negative review time is low (median : 70 minutes), it can be a sign that the game crashes on some systems or that players misunderstood the nature of the game (Does the Steam page clearly explain it, with gifs and a gameplay video ?). It can also mean that some players were somehow offended by The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • unique puzzle mechanics
  • atmospheric visuals
  • excellent soundtrack
  • charming narrative
  • creative art style
  • easy to learn mechanics
  • well put together
  • fun gameplay
  • uses clones to solve puzzles
  • competent puzzle platformer
  • timing-based challenges
  • frustrating
  • interruptive cinematic cuts
  • arbitrarily restricted clones
  • strict target time
  • requires resetting puzzles often
  • unpredictable clones
  • hard and frustrating puzzles
  • no story or adventure
  • emphasis on twitch reflexes

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 89%  Top 30% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. 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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