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A choice-driven, fantasy adventure visual novel featuring full voice-over and an intricate relationship system!

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Release DateAug 22, 2018
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)95% (very positive) Top 10% / 95%  Top 10%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)89.8% Top 4% / 89.9%  Top 3%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)1.3K  Top 15% / 1.4K  Top 15%
Curators52 reviews  Top 15%
Median Play Time18.3 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar55 minutes  Top 25%
Followers10.7K  Top 10%
Owners± 37K  Top 25%
Copies Sold± 22.5K  Top 20%
Gross Revenue ($)± 282.4K  Top 15%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

This graph shows Crystalline's Steam rating and reviews between July 2017 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 92.3% (July 2017) to 98% (April 2018).

With 1.4K reviews Top 10%, Crystalline could be an indie success or even a small AAA success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

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

This doughnut chart shows Crystalline's review languages. The most popular language is English (88%), followed by Simplified Chinese (3%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 22 different languages represented. The game has been translated in only one language (English), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the time played in Crystalline, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. You can also see the reviews during the Early Access phase. The time in game is excellent, with 33 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 2.8 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. A high negative review play time (median : 7 hours) could mean that Crystalline crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult in the end. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • visually stunning
  • solid sound design
  • great voice acting
  • intriguing plot
  • unique characters
  • solid supporting characters
  • beautifully designed characters
  • flawless execution
  • impressive attention to detail
  • good combination of romance and comedy
  • generic and predictable fantasy plot
  • lack of interesting moral choices
  • extremely simplistic minigames
  • random pop culture references
  • lack of suspense or stakes
  • lack of complex romantic subplot
  • too much slice-of-life events
  • lack of deep and thick writing
  • boring in the long run
  • shallowness of the final product

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's score of 95%  Top 10% should be considered while evaluating them.

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