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The Tenants

The Tenants

EndGameLoop Games · released Oct 19, 2022

CasualIndieSimulationPCPlayStation 4Xbox Series X, Xbox One

Become a landlord and deal with problematic tenants as you build your rental property empire. Decide how to react to annoyed neighbors or police interventions. Will you design your apartment for a group of gamer friends or an aspiring musician looking for a new home?

68
VGC Score
Stablehigh confidence 11 since launch

scored 79 at launch, has slipped to 68

anchored at patch: “The Tenants - Patch 1.2.9” (2y ago)

79%
At launch
79%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
44%
Player sentiment
67%
Recent sentiment

PC 68 · PlayStation 54 · Xbox 58

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)0
All-time Steam reviews79%731000
Metacritic user ratings0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)67%651905
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Sep 22, 2023) · 300 reviews sampled · 1905 total reviews in window · weighted 150.2 up / 69.1 down · computed 9h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (1)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 80
    trust 62Jan 24, 2024

    The wide variety of activities will keep you playing for hours, as long as you overcome the initial disorientation of the tabs and panels you need to follow and don't get annoyed by the repetitive funk-tinged music. [Issue#324]

Patch history

  1. The Tenants - Patch 1.2.9
    Sep 22, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  2. The Tenants - Patch 1.2.1
    Sep 1, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  3. Workshop Update is Out Now!
    Mar 16, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  4. Workshop Update Teaser
    Feb 28, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  5. The Tenants - Patch 1.0.11
    Jan 30, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  6. The Tenants - Patch 1.0.10
    Jan 4, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  7. The Tenants - Patch 1.0.7
    Nov 17, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  8. The Tenants - Patch 1.0.5
    Nov 4, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  9. Halloween Event - Dracoola's Return
    Oct 27, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  10. The Tenants 1.0 Is Here!
    Oct 20, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  11. The Tenants - Patch 0.91
    Aug 16, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  12. The Tenants - Patch 0.9g
    Aug 1, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  13. The Tenants - Patch 0.9f
    Jul 29, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  14. The Tenants - Patch 0.9e
    Jul 27, 2022significant · resets scoring window

…and 44 earlier patch announcements.