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Ministry of Broadcast is a narrative-driven single player cinematic platformer mixing Orwell’s 1984 with modern reality TV. A country divided by The Wall; to cross it and reach your family, you must compete on - and win - a reality TV show broadcast by the Regime.

Release DateJan 30, 2020
Price$ 14.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)83% (positive) / 84.3%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)77.1% Top 30% / 78.7%  Top 25%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)305  Top 25% / 413  Top 20%
Curators91 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time7.2 hours  Top 25%
Play Time per Dollar29 minutes
Followers3.2K  Top 20%
Owners± 35.5K  Top 25%
Copies Sold± 9.7K  Top 30%
Gross Revenue ($)± 102.9K  Top 20%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Ministry of Broadcast steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Ministry of Broadcast's Steam rating and reviews between January 2020 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 92% (January 2020) to 84.1% (February 2020).

With 413 reviews Top 20%, Ministry of Broadcast could be a decent 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 Ministry of Broadcast and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Ministry of Broadcast's reviewers. The most popular language is English (30%), followed by Simplified Chinese (27%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 16 different languages represented. The game is available in 13 languages, which is great.

Time Played

Chart displaying Ministry of Broadcast percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Ministry of Broadcast, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is acceptable, with 10 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is similar to the median for positive reviews, hinting that there is no significant difference in the player's experience and that is more a question of personal taste. A high negative review play time (median : 6 hours) could mean that Ministry of Broadcast 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
  • pixel art
  • puzzle platformer
  • creative puzzles
  • cool ways to die
  • sense of humor
  • precise timing
  • fun gameplay
  • good pixel art
  • interesting puzzles
  • dark humor
  • intentionally clunky controls
  • checkpoint issues
  • not a cinematic platformer
  • difficult jumps
  • potentially frustrating
  • repetitive gameplay
  • not very long
  • delays on actions
  • average difficulty
  • not what's expected

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 83% should be considered while evaluating them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Ministry of Broadcast's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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