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The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!

Release DateOct 6, 2016
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)87.5% (very positive) / 88%  Top 30%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)82% Top 20% / 82.7%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)591  Top 20% / 699  Top 15%
Curators62 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time18.4 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar55 minutes  Top 25%
Followers6.6K  Top 15%
Owners± 68.2K  Top 20%
Copies Sold± 41.9K  Top 15%
Gross Revenue ($)± 376.5K  Top 15%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of The Silver Case steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see The Silver Case's Steam rating and reviews between October 2016 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 96.3% (January 2017) to 84.7% (January 2021).

The 699 reviews Top 15% suggest that The Silver Case might be an indie success or even a small AAA success. 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 The Silver Case and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of The Silver Case's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (70%), followed by Japanese (10%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 16 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has 2 translations (English and Japanese). More translations could have boosted the game's popularity.

Time Played

Chart displaying The Silver Case percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in The Silver Case, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time played is adequate, reaching 26 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 2.8 times less than the median for positive reviews. The negative review time is high (median is 7 hours), it can be a sign that The Silver Case crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Unique presentation through a series of panels
  • Grounded writing covering relatable topics
  • Interesting and unique experience
  • Great soundtrack
  • Entertaining cases and story
  • Good aesthetic that stands out
  • Fly-on-the-wall perspective offers a different experience
  • Good writing and dialogue
  • Characters are interesting and well-developed
  • Deserves to be experienced at least once
  • Repetitive at certain areas
  • Gets boring if played for long periods of time
  • Sparse graphics
  • No trading cards
  • Not for everyone
  • No other negative aspects mentioned

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 rating of 87.5% should be taken into account when assessing them.

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