Dark Comedy tag

Tag created in June 2017

Dark Comedy's popularity amongst developers

Chart displaying the evolution the price of games tagged with Dark Comedy over the years.

This graph shows games released over the years with the Dark Comedy tag and the percentage they represent. The number of releases gives a sense of the amount of games published each year. It often increases, following the total amount of Steam games released.

The percentage gives a better estimate of the tag's trend. It shows if the Dark Comedy tag is getting more or less popular amongst developers. The Review chart can let us know if this trend is a positive thing (i.e. players interest for the tag is growing) or a negative one (the tag is overcrowded).

The Dark Comedy game tag peaked in 2021 with 127 games released. The tag's popularity is in a range between 0.01% in 2014 and 0.09% in 2021.

Bear in mind that 2023 is not over yet. The number of releases will continue to increase, but the percentage is already a good estimate of things to come.

Dark Comedy's popularity amongst players

Chart showing Dark Comedy tag reviews over time (total, average and as a percentage of all games released on Steam).

This graph displays the reviews for games associated with the Dark Comedy tag, both as count and as a percentage of all Steam reviews, and the value for an average game. If the chart is cluttered, you can always deactivate some lines by clicking on the legend.

The review count gives a view of the sheer amount of reviews a tag receives, but it also follows the popularity of Steam itself. That is why the normalized value as a percentage of all Steam reviews is often more interesting, as it gives you the popularity trend for Dark Comedy tag games.

A standard game associated with this tag received on average between 8 (2010) and 717 (2014) reviews. Bear in mind that it is the average, and it can be strongly influenced by extreme values, like the release of a very popular game with this tag.

The reviews per game as a percentage of the average show that games in the Dark Comedy tag received between 16% (2011) and 134% (2015) reviews compared to other tags.

Price of games tagged with Dark Comedy

Chart displaying Dark Comedy steam games released each year.

This chart displays the evolution of the Dark Comedy tag's games price in USD over time, as well as the percentage of free games in this tag. Don't forget that a price should slowly increase year-on-year just to keep up with inflation.

The median price for Dark Comedy games peaked in 2016 at 8.99$, and bottomed in 2017 at 4.99$. The percentage of free to play peaked in 2020 at 18%, and bottomed in 2022 at 2%.

Positive reviews ratio for Dark Comedy, per language

Chart showing the percentage of positive steam reviews for Dark Comedy

This chart shows an aggregated Steam rating for all the Dark Comedy tag games, classed by language. It helps estimate how different audiences judge a game with this tag. A lower rating doesn't always mean that the audience doesn't enjoy that particular tag, as some cultures tend to always give lower scores. But it will affect a game's rating nonetheless.

The best rating for Dark Comedy games is 94% for the Romanian audience, and the worst is 78% for the Japanese audience.

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The Window Box Logo
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