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A first person grappling hook exploration game.Soar through the ruins of a fallen world and discover the secrets of the ancients. Designed with full Virtual Reality support for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, also works great in Non VR.

Release DateApr 5, 2016
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)76.9% (mostly positive) / 77.4%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)73.3% / 73.8%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)784  Top 15% / 853  Top 15%
Curators23 reviews  Top 25%
Median Play Time3.7 hours
Play Time per Dollar11 minutes  Bottom 20%
Followers12.4K  Top 10%
Owners± 98.9K  Top 15%
Copies Sold± 66.2K  Top 15%
Gross Revenue ($)± 830.3K  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

This graph shows Windlands's Steam rating and reviews between January 2016 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 97.6% (January 2016) to 77.1% (February 2021).

With 853 reviews Top 15%, Windlands could be an indie success or even a small AAA success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

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

This donut chart displays the languages of Windlands's reviewers. The most popular language is English (87%), followed by German (3%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 18 different languages represented. The game has only one translation (English). Having more translations could have boosted the game's popularity.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the number of hours played in Windlands, comparing positive and negative reviews. The reviews during the game's time in Early Access are visible too. The time played is decent, reaching 10 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 7.2 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. When the negative review time is low (median : 45 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 Windlands 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
  • Amazing art style
  • Fun and challenging gameplay
  • Incredible level design
  • Relaxing soundtrack
  • Realistic wind sounds
  • Huge open areas
  • Cleverly designed obstacles
  • VR experience
  • Two grappling hooks
  • More areas to explore
  • Checkpoints widely spread out
  • Difficult acceleration and deceleration
  • Bushy parts of trees too far apart to hook onto
  • No blurring of edges during fast travel
  • Hidden crystals
  • Unskippable intro movie sequence
  • Not possible to swing from hooks
  • Game too challenging
  • Easy movement limited to grappling hook areas
  • May cause motion sickness

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 score of 76.9% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Windlands's review data that Steam provides. 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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