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Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines

Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines

hcnone · released May 3, 2023

AdventureIndiePCNintendo Switch

"Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.

88
VGC Score
Stablemedium confidence
94%
At launch
98%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
91%
Recent sentiment

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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 reviews98%941000
Metacritic user ratings0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)91%857
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 92.9, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 2,001 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) · 21 reviews sampled · 14 total reviews in window · weighted 10 up / 1 down · computed 4h 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 53May 8, 2023

    Much like the ZINEBOT 6000, Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines excites and delights. This visual novel keeps things simple, but it also does the unthinkable by making corporate life the most fun it has been since Office Space, minus the red Swingline stapler.

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Patch history

  1. Update 2.0.3
    May 2, 2025
  2. Hotfix 2.0.1
    Apr 21, 2025
  3. Update 1.0.10
    Feb 23, 2024
  4. Hotfix 1.0.9a
    Sep 29, 2023
  5. Hotfix 1.0.9
    Sep 14, 2023
  6. Hotfix 1.0.8d
    Jul 28, 2023
  7. Hotfix 1.0.8c
    Jul 9, 2023
  8. Hotfix 1.0.8b
    Jul 8, 2023
  9. Hotfix 1.0.8a
    Jun 28, 2023
  10. Update 1.0.8
    Jun 26, 2023
  11. Now available on Mac!
    Jun 9, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  12. Update 1.0.7
    Jun 9, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  13. Hotfix 1.0.6a
    May 11, 2023
  14. Thank You!!! And What's Next
    May 8, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  15. Hotfix 1.0.6
    May 8, 2023
  16. Hotfix 1.0.5
    May 6, 2023
  17. Hotfix 1.0.4
    May 5, 2023
  18. Hotfix 1.0.3
    May 5, 2023
  19. Update 1.0.2
    May 5, 2023
  20. Update 1.0.1
    May 5, 2023