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For the People

Brezg Studio · 101XP · 2020-08-13

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 13, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

For the People is a mix of a political management sim and a visual novel, putting players in the shoes of an idealistic young state official tasked with shaping the future of a communist factory town. Will the party provide for the people, or are the people just cogs in its machine?..

73%
positive of 815 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$16.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (271 reviews).
  • · Top 28% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–37k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 815 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.39 at Fanatical (2023-11-01) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 46 of 72 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21521520202026Week of 2020-08-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$16.99$3.542020-08-132026-08-152020-08-13 — best price $14.442020-12-01 — best price $16.992021-07-08 — best price $16.992021-12-23 — best price $6.792022-06-24 — best price $6.792022-11-19 — best price $16.992022-12-20 — best price $16.992023-01-18 — best price $16.992023-04-17 — best price $5.392023-05-15 — best price $13.552023-07-07 — best price $5.092023-07-31 — best price $14.872023-09-05 — best price $16.992023-10-16 — best price $16.992023-12-04 — best price $6.792024-01-09 — best price $16.992024-02-16 — best price $16.992024-03-25 — best price $5.912024-04-09 — best price $14.792024-05-05 — best price $5.912024-06-10 — best price $16.992024-07-11 — best price $16.992024-08-19 — best price $4.722024-09-26 — best price $16.992024-10-22 — best price $12.142024-12-19 — best price $4.722025-01-22 — best price $16.992025-03-10 — best price $16.992025-04-12 — best price $5.462025-05-16 — best price $6.792025-07-01 — best price $5.152025-08-21 — best price $6.802025-09-29 — best price $4.722025-11-08 — best price $16.992026-01-05 — best price $16.992026-02-18 — best price $6.802026-04-20 — best price $12.142026-06-25 — best price $4.672026-07-23 — best price $16.992026-08-15 — best price $14.96
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
86.8%
earned "September 12th"
23.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: Russian, English, Simplified Chinese, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5112%33

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DNoirCasualStrategyPoliticalManagementStory RichFirst-PersonTactical RPGVisual Novel

Census log

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

Recent updates

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