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"The best platformer of 2019."Horace is a huge platforming adventure which pushes the boundaries of the genre with a profound story of a small robot learning of life, the universe and Douglas Adams. Made by videogame lovers for videogame lovers!

Release DateJul 18, 2019
Price$ 14.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)86.3% (very positive) / 80.2%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)79.8% Top 25% / 75.8%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)306  Top 25% / 621  Top 20%
Curators74 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time16.8 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar1.1 hour  Top 20%
Followers2.3K  Top 25%
Owners± 189.2K  Top 15%
Copies Sold± 14.1K  Top 25%
Gross Revenue ($)± 152.2K  Top 20%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

This graph shows Horace's Steam rating and reviews between July 2019 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 95.2% (July 2019) to 79.7% (July 2023).

With 621 reviews Top 20%, Horace could be an indie success or even a small AAA success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

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

This donut graph displays the languages of Horace's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (79%), followed by Simplified Chinese (5%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 21 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 Horace percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Horace, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is not bad at all, with 27 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 6.1 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • great storytelling
  • challenging platformer
  • fair difficulty
  • good soundtrack
  • instant reset
  • interesting story
  • enjoyable gameplay
  • beautiful story
  • big indie
  • lots of mini-games
  • forced mini-games
  • longevity of the game
  • subpar platforming
  • overwhelming amount of story bits
  • unwieldy gimmick
  • unappealing art style
  • inconsistent gameplay
  • loose hitboxes
  • tonal inconsistency
  • missable achievements

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 score of 86.3% should be considered while evaluating them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Horace's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. 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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