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In Darwin Project, ten inmates must survive the elements, track each other, fight, craft tools, and use their social skills to be the last one standing. It's a unique take on battle royale with a Show Director to influence the match and Spectator Interactions to create a one-of-a-kind game show.

Release DateJan 13, 2020
PriceFree
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)73.2% (mostly positive) / 81.2%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)70.6% / 79.6%  Top 25%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)1.4K  Top 10% / 18.8K  Top 2%
Curators168 reviews  Top 3%
Median Play Time9.1 hours  Top 20%
Followers55.6K  Top 3%
Owners± 3.2M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 2.7M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 62.8K  Top 25%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

Here you can see Darwin Project's Steam rating and reviews between January 2018 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 80.6% (October 2018) to 87.8% (March 2018).

With its 18.8K reviews Top 2%, Darwin Project is indisputably a major AAA level success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

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

This donut graph displays the languages of Darwin Project's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (53%), followed by Russian (13%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 28 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 9 languages, which is nice.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the number of hours played in Darwin Project, comparing positive and negative reviews. The reviews during the game's time in Early Access are visible too. The time in game is excellent, with 34 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 5.3 times less than the median for positive reviews. When the negative review time is low (median : 125 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 Darwin Project and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Different gameplay from other battle royale games
  • Great arena feeling
  • Innovative show director
  • Fast-paced gameplay
  • Simple but elegant crafting system
  • Smooth and beautiful graphics
  • Interesting gameplay for PVP beginners
  • Each match is only 10 minutes
  • Developers care about the community
  • Good optimization
  • Bad optimization
  • Poor variety of matches
  • Unbalanced classes
  • Inconvenient use of Battle Pass during early access
  • Lack of depth
  • Aggressive play is unrewarded
  • No incentive to keep playing
  • Visual bugs
  • Only two server locations
  • Game is too barebones

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 73.2% should be taken into account when assessing them.

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