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Queer Man Peering Into A Rock Pool.jpg cover art

Queer Man Peering Into A Rock Pool.jpg

Fuzzy Ghost · 2022-07-13

Steam

RPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 13, 2022 (Mac), Jul 13, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A joyful, strange experience in which a middle-aged queer man toddles around a strange island attempting to re-furnish his empty house.

97%
positive of 100 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$9.99
steam price (US)
Queer Man Peering Into A Rock Pool.jpg is a video game developed by Fuzzy Ghost, the studio of Sydney-based independent developers Pete Foley and Scott Ford. Described as a "joyful, strange experience in which a middle-aged queer man toddles around a strange island", the game is a narrative adventure game and walking simulator. The developers conceived of Queer Man Peering Into A Rock Pool as an abstract expression of their personal experiences and sense of location and identity in the Sydney queer community. Upon release, the game received praise from critics for its positive and sentimental tone, with the game receiving an 'Excellence in Emerging Games' award at the 2022 Australian Game Developer Awards and a nomination for the Nuovo Award at the 2023 Independent Games Festival.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (30 reviews).
  • · Top 59% of 9,185 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 100 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.79 at Steam (2022-07-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

Player tags

RPGHorrorLGBTQ+Sci-fiSurrealColorfulStylizedStory RichAtmosphericConversation

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