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Hello Cruel World

Akupara Games · 2024-08-01

SteamGOG

AdventureRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 01, 2024 (SteamVR), Aug 01, 2024 (Meta Quest 2)

You are an urban explorer and you just hit the motherload. Hidden under the carcass of an abandoned restaurant, a deadly, decrepit laboratory teems with secrets around every corner. Solve puzzles, avoid danger, and uncover the VR mystery of the asylum-- and the voice in your earpiece.

Hello Cruel World is an Adventure and RPG game released in 2024, priced at $19.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 21 reviews).

76%
positive of 21 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$19.99
steam price (US)

It's just another day of you, your trusty stream chat, and a nightmarish AI torture-testing you to see when you'll break. It was supposed to be simple. The Crab n' Grab, a trashy seafood restaurant a thousand miles from the sea. But your chat kept telling you to take a look. That something more is brewing underneath the surface. That there's something "there" there. And after all, isn't it your job to dive headfirst into danger? Isn't that the thrill? How thrilling do you find the skittering of ticker-taps of robotic legs on concrete? What about the voice coming over the loudspeaker? That's (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 73% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 90% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

GOG$12.99-35%

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12-month high $12.99 · on sale 0 of 3 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220242026Week of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerVR OnlyAdjustable Text SizeColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundSubtitle OptionsSurround Sound1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

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