Foreign tag

This chart shows the amount of games released over the years with the Foreign tag and the percentage of games released on Steam they account for. The number of releases gives an appreciation of the quantity of games published each year. It often tends to increase naturally, just like the total amount of Steam games released.

The percentage gives a better estimate of the tag's trend. It shows if the Foreign 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 Foreign tag has peaked in 2021, with 58 games released. The popularity of the tag is in a range between 0.0026% in 2016 and 0.04% in 2021.

Keep in mind that the current year is not over, so the number of games released will still increase. But the percentage is usually a good estimate.

This graph displays the reviews for games associated with the Foreign tag, both as count and as a percentage of all Steam reviews, and the value for an average game. If the normalized and average lines are too small, you can deactivate the review count and % of the average lines by clicking on the legend.

While the review count clearly quantifies the reviews a tag receives, keep in mind that it also follows the popularity of Steam itself. The value normalized as a percentage of all Steam reviews is often more revealing, as it gives you the popularity trend for Foreign tag games.

A typical game associated with this tag collected on average between 933 (2016) and 104 (2017) reviews. Keep in mind that it is the average and not the median, meaning it is heavily influenced by extreme values, like a very successful game with this tag.

The reviews per game as a percentage of the average show that games in the Foreign tag received between 32% (2017) and 246% (2016) reviews compared to other tags.

This graph displays the evolution of the Foreign tag's games price in USD over the years, and the percentage of free to play 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 Foreign games peaked in 2022 at 8$, and bottomed in 2023 at 4.99$. The free to play ratio peaked in 2020 at 26%, and bottomed in 2022 at 2%.

This graph shows an aggregated Steam rating for the whole Foreign tag, separated by language. It gives an idea about how different audiences will judge a game with this tag. A lower rating doesn't necessarily mean that the audience doesn't like that tag. Some cultures have different standards and expectations. It will however affect a game's rating nonetheless.

The highest rating for Foreign is 93% for the Portuguese - Portugal language, and the lowest is 75% for the Turkish language.