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DAEMON MASQUERADE

DAEMON MASQUERADE

Callum Page · released Oct 21, 2024

AdventureCasualIndiePC

An anime-inspired supernatural detective game. Uncover the identities and powers of your adversaries using a conspiracy board full of evidence.

87
VGC Score
·No trend datamedium confidence
86%
At launch
96%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
98%
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 reviews96%90257
Metacritic user ratings0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)98%946
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 18 reviews sampled · 18 total reviews in window · weighted 11.1 up / 0.2 down · computed 7h 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 66Nov 10, 2024

    Daemon Masquerade’s corkboard mechanic is so simple that I can’t believe it’s not a standard feature of the genre. It’s implemented near flawlessly here, with a compelling narrative that’ll glue your butt to your chair for its runtime. Being just a few hours long, it’s a perfect bite-size mystery.

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