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As a criminal mastermind, choose a lair, rob a bank, hire a minion, and steal the world's largest ball of aluminum foil! Or, destroy the world. FINE.

Release DateNov 6, 2015
Price$ 4.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)76.9% (mostly positive) / 77.2%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)70.5% / 70.9%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)121  / 123
Curators12 reviews
Median Play Time4.6 hours
Play Time per Dollar56 minutes  Top 25%
Followers598 
Owners± 7.9K 
Copies Sold± 6.9K 
Gross Revenue ($)± 23.1K 

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

This chart shows Diabolical's Steam rating and reviews from November 2015 to June 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 85.4% (November 2015) and 77.2% (June 2023).

With its 123 reviews, Diabolical could be considered a decent success for an indie game. The chart looks like a long tail distribution, which sometimes means that the marketing was concentrated on the game launch and then stopped, and that no major update or discounts followed.

Review Languages
 

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

This doughnut graph shows Diabolical's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (91%), followed by French (2%). There is diversity in the review languages, with 7 languages represented. The game has only one translation (English), it could have been more popular if it was translated in more languages.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the time players have spent in Diabolical depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is decent, reaching 10 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is similar to the median for positive reviews, hinting that there is no significant difference in the player's experience and that is more a question of personal taste.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • fun kind of evil
  • humor
  • writer's style
  • planning points
  • world building
  • sidekick options and consequences
  • love interests
  • problem solving options
  • immersive writing
  • original plot
  • few and far between choices
  • linear storyline
  • lack of character design options
  • laughable practicality
  • unexplained stat fluctuations
  • shallow choices

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 76.9% rating 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 Diabolical'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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