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Global strategy game about secret societies. You’ll lead the Brotherhood - an organization that juggles the whole world. The key feature of the game is the manipulation of powers. Instead of giving direct orders, the Brotherhood provokes countries into doing what the Brothers want.

Early AccessJun 22, 2020
Release DateApr 15, 2021
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)58.4% (mixed) Bottom 20% / 59%  Bottom 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)56.8% Bottom 25% / 57.4%  Bottom 25%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)231  Top 30% / 271  Top 25%
Curators24 reviews  Top 25%
Median Play Time6.7 hours  Top 25%
Play Time per Dollar20 minutes
Followers9.5K  Top 10%
Owners± 35.9K  Top 25%
Copies Sold± 9.8K  Top 30%
Gross Revenue ($)± 158.2K  Top 20%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Secret Government steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Secret Government's Steam rating and reviews from June 2020 to December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 74.7% (November 2020) to 59% (December 2023).

With its 271 reviews Top 25%, Secret Government could be considered a decent success for an indie game. The April 2021 peak suggests that there was a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Secret Government and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Secret Government's reviewers. The most popular language is English (55%), followed by Russian (26%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 15 languages represented. The game is translated in 4 languages. Considering that, unless the game is text-heavy, adding translations is not a lot of work compared to making a game, it is often a good idea to translate the game in many languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Secret Government percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Secret Government depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The reviews during the game's time in Early Access are visible too. The time played is adequate, reaching 16 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 1.6 times less than the median for positive reviews. A high negative review play time (median : 5 hours) could mean that Secret Government 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
  • looks good and plays well
  • nice ability to bring brothers and promote them
  • interesting concept and complex system
  • great art and music
  • solid concept and competent programmers
  • unique idea and good execution
  • good simulation of part of history's logic
  • great potential for future development
  • must-play for Paradox fans
  • can manipulate economy, demographics, political parties, and international relations
  • save feature doesn't work
  • UI is not user-friendly
  • too shallow and not engaging
  • game runs terribly and has pacing issues
  • too confusing and needs better tutorial
  • enemy brotherhood mechanics are repetitive and not engaging
  • AI countries expand too fast without logic
  • no clear path to fix a broken world
  • opponents' mechanics are unclear
  • lack of meaningful progression

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 58.4% rating  Bottom 20% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Secret Government's review data that Steam provides. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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