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The King arrives with an arsenal of over-the-top weapons, giant explosions and pure unadulterated fun!

Release DateJun 13, 2011
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)69.7% (mixed) Bottom 35% / 68.4%  Bottom 35%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)68.2% / 67.3%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)5.4K  Top 4% / 10.1K  Top 3%
Curators286 reviews  Top 2%
Median Play Time10.4 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar31 minutes
Followers12.5K  Top 10%
Owners± 1.1M  Top 3%
Copies Sold± 389.3K  Top 4%
Gross Revenue ($)± 3M  Top 4%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Duke Nukem Forever steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Duke Nukem Forever's Steam rating and reviews between June 2011 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 86.4% (August 2011) and 66.7% (May 2019).

With 10.1K reviews Top 3%, Duke Nukem Forever is definitely a major AAA level success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Duke Nukem Forever and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Duke Nukem Forever's review languages. The most popular language is English (61%), followed by Russian (8%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 27 different languages represented. The game is available in 5 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying Duke Nukem Forever percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Duke Nukem Forever depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time in game is not bad at all, with 22 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.9 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. A high negative review play time (median : 7 hours) could mean that Duke Nukem Forever 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
  • humor
  • visually pleasing
  • explorable world
  • nostalgia/traditional feel
  • multiplayer fun
  • references to other games/movies
  • some hilarious moments
  • map design
  • voice acting
  • unique/innovative
  • fun
  • linear gameplay
  • graphics/subpar visuals
  • clunky controls
  • short on ammo/weapons
  • quick time events
  • disappointing ending
  • mediocre shooter
  • not worth full price
  • boring gameplay
  • poor map design

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 69.7%  Bottom 35% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Duke Nukem Forever's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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