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A hospitalized Boy comes to terms with his own story by traveling with his Mom to a beautiful fantasy world; ultimately helping his fellow patients find closure by walking a mile in their shoes.

Release DateMay 10, 2017
Price$ 14.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)96.9% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 3% / 96.5%  Top 4%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)93.1% Top 1% / 93%  Top 1%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)4.4K  Top 5% / 5.6K  Top 5%
Curators114 reviews  Top 5%
Median Play Time10 hours  Top 20%
Play Time per Dollar40 minutes
Followers17.6K  Top 10%
Owners± 277.6K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 126.1K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 665.6K  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

This chart shows Rakuen's Steam rating and reviews from May 2017 to December 2023. Steam's rating is relatively stable, varying from 99.4% (May 2017) to 96.4% (December 2023).

Rakuen is an AAA level success, with 5.6K reviews Top 4%. There is a peak in May 2021 that suggests a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

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

This doughnut chart shows Rakuen's review languages. The most popular language is English (63%), followed by Simplified Chinese (13%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 28 languages represented. The game is available in 13 languages, which is great.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the time played in Rakuen depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is decent, reaching 13 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.6 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. The negative review time is high (median is 6 hours), it can be a sign that Rakuen 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
  • Content-rich story
  • Adventure game puzzles
  • Exploration involving many scenes
  • Beautiful original music
  • Emotional
  • Beautiful setting
  • Good writing
  • Exceptional music/sound design
  • Surprisingly good music
  • Top notch sprite work
  • Story kinda cliche/predictable
  • Some 'kiddy' songs
  • Game a bit too childish
  • Too much walking back 'n' forth
  • Some not so great gameplay ideas
  • Slower-paced story moments
  • Atrocious RPG-Maker style controls
  • Lacks focus, presentation and polish
  • Predictable story but still emotional
  • No gameplay

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 96.9% rating  Top 3% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Rakuen'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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