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After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…

Release DateAug 26, 2011
Price$ 7.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)55.6% (mixed) Bottom 15% / 54.5%  Bottom 15%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)54.6% Bottom 25% / 53.7%  Bottom 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)293  Top 25% / 356  Top 25%
Curators13 reviews
Median Play Time6.1 hours  Top 25%
Play Time per Dollar46 minutes  Top 30%
Followers890 
Owners± 156K  Top 15%
Copies Sold± 16.7K  Top 25%
Gross Revenue ($)± 45.6K  Top 30%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

Here you can see Post Mortem's Steam rating and reviews between December 2011 and December 2023. Steam's rating varies between 81.8% (August 2013) and 50.3% (July 2017).

With 356 reviews Top 25%, Post Mortem could be a decent indie success.

Review Languages
 

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

This doughnut graph shows Post Mortem's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (50%), followed by Russian (15%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 20 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 6 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 Post Mortem percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Post Mortem, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is acceptable, with 10 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.5 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Decent puzzles
  • Multiple endings
  • Different paths
  • Challenging puzzles
  • Interesting story
  • Intriguing characters
  • Gloomy atmosphere
  • Decent click and point game
  • Storyline fitting for 1920s detective story
  • Ability to randomize multiple solutions to puzzles
  • Poorly acted characters
  • Poor Translation
  • Stiff and robotic dialogue
  • Limited interactivity
  • Trial and error puzzles
  • No skipping of dialogue
  • Sluggish controls
  • Poor execution
  • Mistranslations
  • Limited number of areas and NPCs
  • Poorly designed inventory system
  • Poor animation
  • Lack of expressions and unique characters
  • Boring gameplay
  • Horrible voice acting
  • Lack of accents for a game set in Paris French
  • Dark graphics making items hard to find
  • Game crashing and locking up
  • Poor puzzle guidance
  • Too vague when introducing puzzles
  • Minigames ruining gameplay

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's rating of 55.6%  Bottom 15% should be taken into account when assessing them.

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