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The crime... is murder. Our story takes place in a court trial, set in a futuristic world where most humans have cyberbrains. The defendant on trial is an agent who coordinates with artists to create the data for cyberbrains to interact with people’s emotions. The victim is a girl artist named Lux.

Release DateFeb 2, 2018
Price$ 24.99  Top 5%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)89.1% (very positive) Top 30% / 89.1%  Top 25%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)82.5% Top 15% / 82.5%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)367  Top 25% / 376  Top 25%
Curators12 reviews
Median Play Time1.6 hour
Play Time per Dollar4 minutes  Bottom 5%
Followers8K  Top 10%
Owners± 16.2K 
Copies Sold± 10.8K  Top 30%
Gross Revenue ($)± 186.4K  Top 20%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

Here you can see Project LUX's Steam rating and reviews between March 2017 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 85.7% (March 2017) to 95.2% (April 2017).

With its 376 reviews Top 25%, Project LUX could be considered a decent success for an indie game. The chart suggests a long tail distribution, which could mean that the game was promoted at laucnch but that there were no more marketing, update or major discounts after that point.

Review Languages
 

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

This doughnut graph shows Project LUX's reviewers languages. The most popular language is Simplified Chinese (36%), followed by Japanese (28%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 11 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has 3 translations (English, Japanese and Traditional Chinese). Having more translations could have boosted the game's popularity.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the number of hours played in Project LUX depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. You can also see the reviews during the Early Access phase. The time played is short, reaching only 146 minutes in the 80th percentile. Some players enjoy short games, but there is always a risk that people will be disapointed.

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.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • cute characters
  • good animation
  • decent ending
  • personable writing style
  • immersive conversation style
  • English and Chinese subtitles
  • fun experience
  • interesting game
  • basic VR aspect
  • motion controller support
  • hard to recommend at full price
  • non-interactive content
  • dry content leading up to the ending
  • long text-only segments in the beginning and end betraying VR presentation
  • poor VR implementation
  • not enough interactions between players and VR environment
  • no use of VR motion controllers
  • no options to adjust subtitles size and color
  • disappointing support from developers
  • lacks quality options and bloom can't be turned off

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 89.1%  Top 30% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Project LUX's review data that Steam provides. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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