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MetaWare High School (Demo)

Not Fun Games · 2020-04-02

Steam

CasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 02, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 02, 2020 (Mac)

How do you see the world when nothing is real? An experimental metafictional visual novel.

MetaWare High School (Demo) is a free-to-play Casual, Indie and Free To Play game released in 2020, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 698 reviews).

0
playing now
96%
positive of 698 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (268 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 29,485 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26326320202026Week of 2020-04-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
0%
earned "Win"
0%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-04-02, latest 2020-07-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)0—1

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

Player tags

CuteAnimeFunnyMemesComedyLGBTQ+SurrealEmotionalNonlinearExperimental

Census log

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

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