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John Herrin survived a horrible accident, damaging his brain and memory. Through falling asleep, he can rediscover his unfortunate past in his dreams, but due to his brain damage he'll start to see visions and hallucinations, and falling asleep won't be as easy as it seems at first...

Early Access8 Mar, 2019
Release DateMar 2019
Price$ 11.99  Top 25%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)91.5% (very positive) Top 20% / 92.4%  Top 15%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)82.3% Top 15% / 83.3%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)152  / 170
Curators7 reviews
Median Play Time4.3 hours
Play Time per Dollar20 minutes
Followers1.6K  Top 30%
Owners± 15.4K 
Copies Sold± 4.6K 
Gross Revenue ($)± 27.7K 

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Try To Fall Asleep steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Try To Fall Asleep's Steam rating and reviews between March 2019 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 100% (April 2019) to 91.6% (February 2022).

The 170 reviews Top 30% suggest that Try To Fall Asleep might be a reasonable indie success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Try To Fall Asleep and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Try To Fall Asleep's review languages. The most popular language is English (75%), followed by German (8%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 11 different languages appearing in the reviews. 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 Try To Fall Asleep percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Try To Fall Asleep, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. It also shows the reviews during Early Access. The time played is decent, reaching 9 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 2 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. When the negative review time is low (median : 133 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 Try To Fall Asleep and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • genuinely scary
  • interesting story
  • smooth difficulty curve
  • forgiving dream phases
  • randomness of 'try to fall asleep' phase
  • no unfair situations
  • high replay value
  • good gameplay variety
  • well-designed stages
  • devs respond to feedback
  • motion blur induces headaches
  • laggy mouse movement
  • no difficulty in 'try to fall asleep' phase
  • low replayability for dream phase
  • weak story
  • not worth the price
  • inherently unengaging
  • unavailable content for the price
  • certain days too generic
  • 'try to fall asleep' phase too easy

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 rating of 91.5%  Top 20% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Try To Fall Asleep'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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