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Gaia Beyond is a handcrafted 2D Action-RPG, an exploration mix built around the core features fighting, mining and trading. Your decisions are footprints within a vast non-linear solar system. Forge alliances among numerous factions and develop relations with hundreds of NPCs.

Release DateAug 20, 2020
Price$ 14.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)72.4% (mostly positive) / 74.8%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)67.8% / 69.9%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)199  Top 30% / 222  Top 30%
Curators24 reviews  Top 25%
Median Play Time14.8 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar59 minutes  Top 25%
Followers5.9K  Top 15%
Owners± 11K 
Copies Sold± 8.1K  Top 30%
Gross Revenue ($)± 75.9K  Top 25%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

This graph shows Gaia Beyond's Steam rating and reviews between April 2018 and November 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 100% (April 2018) and 74.7% (November 2023).

With its 222 reviews Top 30%, Gaia Beyond could be considered a decent success for an indie game. There is a peak in August 2020 that suggests a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

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

This donut chart displays the languages of Gaia Beyond's reviewers. The most popular language is English (74%), followed by Russian (8%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 14 different languages represented. The game is available in 4 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 Gaia Beyond percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Gaia Beyond depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. You can also see the reviews during the Early Access phase. The time in game is excellent, with 38 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 1.8 times less than the median for positive reviews. A high negative review play time (median : 10 hours) could mean that Gaia Beyond 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
  • Exploration
  • Handcrafted graphics
  • Open world solar system
  • Original soundtrack
  • Upgradeable ships
  • Lots of ships & weapons
  • Relaxing mining
  • Responsive controls
  • RPG character development
  • Alliances & NPC relations
  • Rigid questline
  • Bad UI design
  • Boring combat
  • Lots of lore dumps
  • Slow ship speed
  • Incomplete story
  • Spellings & grammatical errors
  • Bugs & crashes
  • Sub-par skill tree
  • Limited efficient money-making options

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 72.4% 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 Gaia Beyond'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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