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The Indie Game Website

Total Reviews

Journalists

69.0

Average Score

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity

-16.1

Metacritic Disparity

-4.5

Combined Disparity

-12.1

Average of both sources

Scoring Pattern

Lowest Score

Highest Score

11.4

Score Spread(variance in their own scores)

Review Timing

5 early (24%)15 launch window (71%)1 late (5%)

Review summary

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Aug 26, 2018

Based on 21 scored reviews, The Indie Game Website gives games an average score of 69.0/100. The Indie Game Website scores games 16.1 points lower than Steam users and 4.5 points lower than Metacritic users.

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Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 21)+

State of MindbyKate Fanthorpe
Aug 26, 2018Launch window
60/100View review
Steam 78.1/100 · -18.1 ptsMetacritic 72/100 · -12.0 pts
Flood of LightbyEd Nightingale
Aug 26, 2018Launch window
60/100View review
Steam 91.8/100 · -31.8 pts
UnexploredbyNoah Graham
Aug 24, 2018Late review
60/100View review
Steam 85.2/100 · -25.2 pts
Graveyard KeeperbyJon Calvin
Aug 23, 2018Launch window
70/100View review
Steam 85.4/100 · -15.4 ptsMetacritic 72/100 · -2.0 pts
RifterbyJames Sheppard
Jul 13, 2018Early review
80/100View review
Steam 92.9/100 · -12.9 pts