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A Wise Use of Time

Choice of Games · 2015-09-04

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Sep 04, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 04, 2015 (Mac), Sep 04, 2015 (Linux)

With the power to freeze time, you can ransack a casino, rescue a celebrity, or cheat death itself! A thrilling interactive sci-fi novel.

80%
positive of 122 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (44 reviews).
  • · Top 49% of 26,262 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.0k–7.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 122 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2015-09-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
383820152026Week of 2015-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$2.992015-09-042026-07-092015-09-04 — best price $2.992015-12-01 — best price $3.992016-02-05 — best price $2.992016-07-04 — best price $3.992016-12-22 — best price $2.992017-06-22 — best price $4.892017-11-01 — best price $6.992017-12-21 — best price $4.892018-02-19 — best price $6.992018-10-30 — best price $4.892018-11-27 — best price $6.992019-02-04 — best price $4.892019-07-10 — best price $6.992019-10-15 — best price $5.992019-12-19 — best price $3.892020-01-27 — best price $5.992020-12-22 — best price $3.952021-02-15 — best price $5.992021-11-25 — best price $3.952022-01-05 — best price $5.992022-11-22 — best price $3.892023-01-05 — best price $5.992023-03-23 — best price $6.992023-11-21 — best price $4.892024-01-04 — best price $6.992024-06-28 — best price $4.542024-12-04 — best price $6.992025-03-13 — best price $4.892025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $4.892026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-07-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
72.5%
earned "Management Material"
23.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGIndieLGBTQ+Text-BasedChoices MatterInteractive FictionChoose Your Own Adventure

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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