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Newcomer : A Language Learning RPG

Jason Kappes · 2023-11-20

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 01, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

✨A language learning adventure where you must learn and communicate in a second language to save the kingdom and befriend its people! 🎮

76%
positive of 67 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 69% of 13,389 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 67 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2024-12-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020232026Week of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$10.00$2.492023-11-212025-03-312023-11-21 — best price $10.002024-03-14 — best price $8.002024-03-21 — best price $10.002024-04-24 — best price $7.002024-04-30 — best price $10.002024-06-27 — best price $5.002024-07-11 — best price $10.002024-11-27 — best price $7.792024-12-04 — best price $9.992024-12-20 — best price $2.492025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-01-05 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-03-31 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, French, Italian

Player tags

2DRPGCuteIndieRetroCombatNatureFantasyTop-DownEducation

Census log

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

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