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Help Miyako and Kakeru track down a superpowered serial killer before they strike again.

Release DateJan 31, 2019
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)94.8% (very positive) Top 10% / 94.9%  Top 10%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)89.4% Top 4% / 89.6%  Top 4%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)1.1K  Top 15% / 1.2K  Top 15%
Curators79 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time8.8 hours  Top 20%
Play Time per Dollar26 minutes
Followers7.4K  Top 15%
Owners± 50.8K  Top 25%
Copies Sold± 37.2K  Top 15%
Gross Revenue ($)± 413.5K  Top 15%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of 9-nine-:Episode 1 steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows 9-nine-:Episode 1's Steam rating and reviews between January 2019 and December 2023. Steam's rating is relatively stable, varying from 93% (February 2019) to 95.8% (May 2020).

The 1.2K reviews Top 15% suggest that 9-nine-:Episode 1 might be an indie success or even a small AAA success.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for 9-nine-:Episode 1 and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows 9-nine-:Episode 1's review languages. The most popular language is Simplified Chinese (65%), followed by English (16%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 17 different languages represented. The game has 3 translations (English, Japanese and Traditional Chinese), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

Chart displaying 9-nine-:Episode 1 percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in 9-nine-:Episode 1 depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is adequate, reaching 15 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. The negative review time is high (median is 7 hours), it can be a sign that 9-nine-:Episode 1 crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • voiced protagonist
  • language options
  • free 18+ patch
  • music
  • interesting story plot
  • anime artwork
  • romantic relationship
  • impressive OSTs
  • great writing
  • famous voice actors
  • episodes split
  • short playtime
  • inconsistent story quality
  • erratic pacing
  • ambiguous endings
  • illustration characters
  • disproportion
  • high price
  • volume balance issues
  • splits a complete game into episodes

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's score of 94.8%  Top 10% should be considered while evaluating them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of 9-nine-:Episode 1's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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