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Become fully immersed in the firefight! Onward is a Mil-sim multiplayer first person shooter built for virtual reality. Work closely with your team in the heat of battle and engage in the most realistic combat experience available in gaming today.

Release DateAug 29, 2016
Price$ 24.99  Top 5%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)69.6% (mixed) Bottom 35% / 68.9%  Bottom 35%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)68.3% / 67.6%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)8.3K  Top 3% / 9K  Top 3%
Curators126 reviews  Top 4%
Median Play Time22.1 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar53 minutes  Top 30%
Followers39.5K  Top 3%
Owners± 496K  Top 5%
Copies Sold± 422K  Top 4%
Gross Revenue ($)± 7.2M  Top 3%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

This chart shows Onward's Steam rating and reviews from August 2016 to December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 89.9% (October 2016) to 68.8% (December 2023).

Onward is an AAA level success, with 9K reviews Top 3%. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

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

This doughnut chart shows Onward's review languages. The most popular language is English (84%), followed by German (3%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 26 languages represented. The game has been translated in only one language (English), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the time played in Onward depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. You can also see the reviews during the Early Access phase. The time in game is outstanding, with 71 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.8 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some Onward players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 61 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Realistic gameplay
  • Great gun handling
  • Creative and well thought map design
  • Great locomotion
  • Thrilling moments
  • Active multiplayer
  • Immersion
  • Consistent developer updates
  • Potential for improvements
  • Potential to be THE reference in VR gaming
  • Bad sound quality
  • No positional sound
  • Quest downgrade
  • Broken tutorial
  • Mobs up into a ball AI
  • Janky character motion
  • Guns floating around
  • Lack of content
  • Performance issues
  • Unprofessional action by the developer

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 69.6% rating  Bottom 35% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Onward's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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