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A Hint of Purple

Empty Exhibit · 2023-05-25

Steam

CasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 25, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A short visual novel about queer love and art. Follow Maya, a once-celebrated painter now paralyzed, as she struggles to accept her new reality and its effects on her relationship. Argue with your Prefrontal Cortex, insult an art critic, befriend the elderly.

96%
positive of 125 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 42% of 15,389 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

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