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Pay2Win: The Tricks Exposed

Best Gaem Studio · 2015-12-15

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 15, 2015 (Mac), Dec 15, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

'Pay2Win: The Tricks Exposed' is a Pay2Win business model simulator(adventure) that exposes the tricks online game businessmen use to maximize monetization. You become a warrior in a fantasy world and uncover the hidden secrets behind the systems.

59%
positive of 153 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 35% of 25,479 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.8k–9.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 153 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.69 at Steam (2016-11-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320152026Week of 2015-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$1.692015-12-152019-07-092015-12-15 — best price $3.992016-01-04 — best price $4.992016-01-05 — best price $3.992016-01-11 — best price $4.992016-02-05 — best price $2.992016-02-12 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $1.992016-07-04 — best price $4.992016-10-28 — best price $1.992016-11-01 — best price $4.992016-11-23 — best price $1.692016-11-29 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $1.692017-01-02 — best price $4.992017-02-13 — best price $1.692017-02-20 — best price $4.992017-05-08 — best price $1.692017-05-15 — best price $4.992017-06-22 — best price $1.692017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-10-09 — best price $1.692017-10-16 — best price $4.992017-11-22 — best price $1.692017-11-28 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $1.692018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-02-15 — best price $1.692018-02-19 — best price $4.992018-06-21 — best price $1.692018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-10-30 — best price $1.692018-11-01 — best price $4.992019-04-29 — best price $1.992019-05-06 — best price $4.992019-06-26 — best price $1.692019-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

RPGFunnyIndieCasualSatireAdventureEducationSimulation

Census log

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

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