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Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.

Release DateAug 15, 2019
Price$ 24.99  Top 5%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)76% (mostly positive) / 77%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)72.9% / 73.9%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)1.2K  Top 15% / 1.3K  Top 15%
Curators71 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time30 hours  Top 4%
Play Time per Dollar1.2 hour  Top 20%
Followers22K  Top 5%
Owners± 87.5K  Top 20%
Copies Sold± 62.5K  Top 15%
Gross Revenue ($)± 883.8K  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Shortest Trip to Earth steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Shortest Trip to Earth's Steam rating and reviews between October 2018 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 87% (November 2018) and 76.9% (July 2023).

The 1.3K reviews Top 10% suggest that Shortest Trip to Earth might be an indie success or even a small AAA success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Shortest Trip to Earth and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Shortest Trip to Earth's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (74%), followed by Simplified Chinese (7%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 24 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 Shortest Trip to Earth percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Shortest Trip to Earth depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. It also shows the reviews during Early Access. The time played is great, reaching 90 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 3.5 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (34 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of Shortest Trip to Earth's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Engaging space battles
  • Tactical pause
  • Fate points
  • Ship customization
  • Crew management
  • Exploring planets
  • Unique story elements
  • Nice tutorial
  • Rewarding exploration
  • Balanced gameplay
  • Micromanagement
  • Lack of content
  • UI scaling issues
  • Bugs
  • Punitive RNG
  • Repetitive scenarios
  • Difficulty
  • Slowdown with large ships
  • No easy mode

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 76% 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 Shortest Trip to Earth'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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