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Vermillion - VR Painting

Vermillion - VR Painting

Thomas van den Berge · released Jul 25, 2021

CasualIndieSimulation

It’s time to discover your inner artist! With Vermillion, you get a fully equipped oil painting studio in your home, without any of the mess. Ready for the unrivaled sense of accomplishment from creating your first painting?

88
VGC Score
·No trend datamedium confidence
88%
At launch
97%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
100%
Recent sentiment

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 reviews97%92329
Metacritic user ratings0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)100%970
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 89.5, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 657 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 1 reviews sampled · 1 total reviews in window · weighted 1 up / 0 down · computed 12h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. Twitch support!
    Nov 30, 2023
  2. Small overlay fix.
    Nov 13, 2023
  3. Layer fixes & more
    Mar 10, 2023
  4. Major layer improvements!
    Feb 7, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  5. Small fixes
    Aug 30, 2022
  6. Small bug fixes.
    Jul 13, 2022
  7. System default OpenXR launch option and more
    Jun 24, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  8. Fix teleport
    Apr 10, 2022
  9. Small fixes
    Apr 8, 2022
  10. Small bugfixes
    Mar 23, 2022
  11. The Big Update
    Mar 22, 2022significant · resets scoring window

…and 15 earlier patch announcements.