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Experience an immersive and horrifying episodic single-player survival horror nightmare. Trapped alone in a desolate manor and hunted by monstrous foes, you will need to scrounge for supplies, manage your resources, solve puzzles and battle the undead to survive.

Release DateApr 2, 2018
Price$ 4.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)68.8% (mixed) Bottom 30% / 72.4%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)63.8% / 66.6%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)77  / 87
Curators19 reviews  Top 30%
Median Play Time2.6 hours
Play Time per Dollar32 minutes
Followers1.6K  Top 30%
Owners± 9.2K 
Copies Sold± 5K 
Gross Revenue ($)± 14.8K 

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles's Steam rating and reviews between April 2018 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 88.8% (April 2018) and 69.8% (December 2020).

Considering the 87 reviews, and if it didn't take too long to make the game, Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles could be a small indie success. The chart suggests a long tail distribution, which could mean that the game was promoted at laucnch but that there were no more marketing, update or major discounts after that point.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (60%), followed by Russian (13%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 14 different languages represented. The game has only one translation (English), it could have been more popular if it was translated in more languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time in game is relatively low, with only 241 minutes in the 80th percentile. Some players enjoy short games, but there is always a risk that people will be disapointed.

The negative reviews play time is 5.3 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Old school horror game feel
  • Scary enemies
  • Fixed camera angles
  • Runs smoothly
  • Nice puzzles
  • Atmospheric
  • Good survival horror
  • Improved Resident Evil clone
  • Classic survival horror
  • Nice reference to original RE
  • Short game
  • Melee combat is hard
  • Bullet sponges enemies
  • Limited puzzles
  • Underwhelming gore
  • Only one save spot
  • Few unique enemies
  • Animations are meh
  • Melee weapons are bad
  • Episodic game

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 68.8%  Bottom 30% 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 Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles'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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