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Way of Defector

Dev Arc · 2017-12-12

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 12, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In Way of Defector you experience the process of a North Korean defector escaping to China and arriving in South Korea. You must overcome starvation and break through the surveillance of the Public Security Officers to find the broker who knows the way to get to South Korea and safely arrive at the destination.

55%
positive of 58 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$1.49
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 42,145 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 58 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2019-02-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172024Week of 2017-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$2.99$1.492017-12-142026-10-012017-12-14 — best price $2.992018-02-19 — best price $2.992018-05-07 — best price $2.992018-07-05 — best price $2.992018-11-27 — best price $2.992019-01-04 — best price $2.992019-02-11 — best price $2.992019-03-07 — best price $2.992019-07-09 — best price $2.992019-12-03 — best price $2.992020-01-02 — best price $2.992020-01-27 — best price $2.992020-07-09 — best price $2.992020-12-01 — best price $2.992021-01-05 — best price $2.992021-02-15 — best price $2.992021-07-08 — best price $2.992021-11-01 — best price $2.992021-12-01 — best price $2.992022-01-05 — best price $2.992022-02-03 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-07-13 — best price $2.992023-09-25 — best price $2.992023-11-28 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-03-21 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $2.992026-10-01 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Korean

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2017-11-22 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieStrategySimulation

Census log

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

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