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Ratings War

Choice of Games · 2015-10-02

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Oct 02, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 02, 2015 (Linux), Oct 02, 2015 (Mac)

Implant cameras in your eyes to win the news wars of 2061! Break stories, outwit rival reporters, and become a celebrity in this interactive noir novel.

78%
positive of 51 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 73% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (36 reviews).
  • · Top 64% of 26,262 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 51 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2022-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320152025Week of 2015-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$1.792015-10-022026-08-102015-10-02 — best price $1.972015-12-01 — best price $2.992016-02-05 — best price $2.002016-07-04 — best price $2.992016-12-22 — best price $1.972017-06-23 — best price $3.992017-11-01 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $2.992018-02-19 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $3.992018-11-21 — best price $2.992019-01-03 — best price $3.992019-06-26 — best price $2.992019-10-11 — best price $1.972019-12-03 — best price $2.992020-01-23 — best price $1.972020-07-09 — best price $2.992021-02-11 — best price $1.972021-07-08 — best price $2.992021-12-22 — best price $1.972022-07-07 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $1.972023-03-16 — best price $2.992023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-08-10 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGIndieLGBTQ+CyberpunkText-BasedInteractive FictionChoose Your Own Adventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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