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War has been waged across the kingdom of Myrtana. Orcish hordes invaded human territory and the king of the land needed a lot of ore to forge enough weapons, should his army stand against this threat. Whoever breaks the law in these darkest of times is sentenced to serve in the giant penal colony of Khorinis, mining the so much needed...

Release DateMar 15, 2001
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)91.4% (very positive) Top 20% / 92.4%  Top 15%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)88.8% Top 5% / 90%  Top 3%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)9.3K  Top 3% / 12.9K  Top 3%
Curators120 reviews  Top 4%
Median Play Time28.7 hours  Top 5%
Play Time per Dollar2.9 hours  Top 5%
Followers11.6K  Top 10%
Owners± 1.3M  Top 3%
Copies Sold± 664.7K  Top 3%
Gross Revenue ($)± 4.6M  Top 4%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Gothic 1 steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Gothic 1's Steam rating and reviews between January 2011 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 83.4% (January 2016) and 99% (April 2013).

With 12.9K reviews Top 2%, Gothic 1 is definitely a major AAA level success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts. Most of the peaks took place in November.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Gothic 1 and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Gothic 1's reviewers. The most popular language is Russian (32%), followed by Polish (27%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 27 different languages represented. The game has been translated in 8 languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Gothic 1 percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Gothic 1 depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is great, reaching 54 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 33 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. When the negative review time is low (median : 56 minutes), it can be a sign that the game crashes on some systems or that players misunderstood the nature of the game (Does the Steam page clearly explain it, with gifs and a gameplay video ?). It can also mean that some players were somehow offended by Gothic 1 and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • immersive world
  • rich dialogues
  • voiced NPCs
  • fully interact with the world
  • memorable characters
  • interesting world building
  • essential part in video game's evolution
  • quality RPG
  • engaging plot
  • ahead of its time RPG
  • confusing combat and control
  • outdated textures
  • broken ladders
  • infinite enemy dodging
  • unfair enemy grouping
  • hero getting stunned when hit
  • lack of invincibility frames in animations
  • annoying humans to kill
  • odd glitches and clipping issues
  • bugs and compatibility issues

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 91.4%  Top 20% 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 Gothic 1'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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