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Lena Raine · Radical Dreamland · 2020-05-15

Steam

Indie

An interactive novel about identity, roleplay, and dreams.

99%
positive of 107 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 40,380 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1k–4.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 107 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2020-11-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820202026Week of 2020-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$2.492020-05-162025-03-202020-05-16 — best price $4.242020-05-22 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $2.492020-12-01 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $2.492021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-10-28 — best price $2.492021-11-01 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $2.492021-12-01 — best price $4.992021-12-23 — best price $2.492022-01-05 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $2.492025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-05-15 (Steam store data)

Player tags

FunnyIndieRetroLGBTQ+TypingAbstractStylizedAdventureCyberpunkEmotional

Census log

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