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Master storyteller Roberta Williams challenges you to experience the ultimate interactive nightmare.

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Release DateAug 29, 2016
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)90.2% (very positive) Top 25% / 87%  Top 30%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)82.3% Top 15% / 80.9%  Top 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)224  Top 30% / 401  Top 25%
Curators45 reviews  Top 15%
Median Play Time7.5 hours  Top 25%
Play Time per Dollar45 minutes
Followers2K  Top 25%
Owners± 134.2K  Top 15%
Copies Sold± 10.8K  Top 30%
Gross Revenue ($)± 70.2K  Top 25%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

Here you can see Phantasmagoria's Steam rating and reviews between August 2016 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 95.5% (October 2016) to 81.7% (July 2017).

With 401 reviews Top 20%, Phantasmagoria could be a decent indie success. The chart is compatible with a long tailed distribution, which suggests there was a good visibility at launch but that it was not followed by significant updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

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

This donut graph displays the languages of Phantasmagoria's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (73%), followed by Portuguese - Brazil (4%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 18 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has only one translation (English). Having more translations could have boosted the game's popularity.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the number of hours played in Phantasmagoria, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is acceptable, with 11 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews median playtime closely matches the median for positive reviews, meaning that there is no major difference between the players' experiences and the reviews probably reflect personal preferences more than anything else. A high negative review play time (median : 7 hours) could mean that Phantasmagoria crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult in the end. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • innovative combining of FMV and 3D environments
  • creepy atmosphere
  • nice music
  • decent manor design
  • decent pacing
  • multiple endings
  • puzzles with creative thinking
  • intensive moments
  • great practical gore effects
  • narrative aspect
  • bad acting performances
  • badly cropped actors
  • lack of production value
  • simplistic puzzles
  • pixel hunting
  • bad sound quality
  • clichéd story and whiting
  • mediocre sound quality
  • uninspiring and unchallenging puzzles
  • UI is utterly atrocious

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 90.2%  Top 25% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Phantasmagoria'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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