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Enter into the universe of cardboard, the ground, grass, trees, characters, everything is cardboard ! Make and explore your continent for finding a place where you can build your town. Survive of seasons and the night attack of goblins. Create a warrior group and assault the goblin castle !

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Release DateOct 2, 2016
Price$ 4.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)75% (mostly positive) / 68.8%  Bottom 35%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)68.1% / 64%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)72  / 93
Curators3 reviews  Bottom 10%
Median Play Time4.1 hours
Play Time per Dollar49 minutes  Top 30%
Followers244 
Owners± 202.1K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 3.3K 
Gross Revenue ($)± 7.7K 

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

This graph shows Carton's Steam rating and reviews between October 2016 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 46.1% (April 2018) to 75% (March 2022).

With 93 reviews, Carton might be a minor indie success if it was made quickly. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

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

This doughnut chart shows Carton's review languages. The most popular language is English (29%), followed by Turkish (16%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 13 different languages represented. The game has 2 translations (English and French), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the time played in Carton, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time played is decent, reaching 6 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 1.8 times less than the median for positive reviews. When the negative review time is low (median : 139 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 Carton 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
  • randomly generated terrain
  • increased replay value
  • resource production
  • defending against nightly attacks
  • action platform mini-game
  • expand town limits with gold
  • citizens have assigned jobs
  • game has subtitles in cutscenes
  • you can skip the cutscene
  • great story
  • lack of tool-tips
  • translation shortcomings
  • only one save slot
  • color blind mode not available
  • bugs with keyboard input
  • no mouse sensitivity slider
  • no controller or VR support
  • tutorial is lacking
  • game takes too long to be enjoyable
  • grammar is poorly executed

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 score of 75% should be considered while evaluating them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Carton's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. 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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