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How to be Best Russian Game Developer

CSM · W.T.B. · 2018-06-22

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 22, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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How to be Best Russian Game Developer is a Casual, Indie game released in 2018, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (60% of 35 reviews).

0
playing now
60%
positive of 35 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 300% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 56% of 29,485 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2023-02-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420182025Week of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-16 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 01:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$0.99$0.282018-06-222026-07-092018-06-22 — best price $0.492018-10-01 — best price $0.992018-12-03 — best price $0.492019-02-11 — best price $0.992019-06-10 — best price $0.492019-08-05 — best price $0.992019-10-28 — best price $0.492019-12-03 — best price $0.992020-01-23 — best price $0.492020-04-20 — best price $0.992020-07-20 — best price $0.492020-11-09 — best price $0.992021-01-25 — best price $0.492021-03-22 — best price $0.992021-07-12 — best price $0.492021-10-25 — best price $0.992021-12-06 — best price $0.492022-02-03 — best price $0.992022-05-16 — best price $0.512022-08-08 — best price $0.992022-11-22 — best price $0.512023-01-05 — best price $0.992023-03-27 — best price $0.282023-06-26 — best price $0.992023-09-25 — best price $0.492023-11-28 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $0.492024-05-27 — best price $0.992024-11-11 — best price $0.492025-01-02 — best price $0.992025-05-05 — best price $0.492025-07-10 — best price $0.992025-11-24 — best price $0.492026-07-09 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
95.9%
earned "W.T.B."
95.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-06-22 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieCasual

Census log

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