The August Before

Item: The August Before
Rating: 89
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-11-19

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Summary

Engaging, emotional narrative is central
Cozy, calm atmosphere enhances experience
High replayability with hidden details
Satisfying object interaction puzzles
Game-breaking bugs hinder progress
Puzzles often lack clear direction

Emotions

Satisfaction18%Frustration10%Empathy8%Disappointment6%Appreciation6%

Reviews (sample size): 49
Helpful reviews: 78%
Unhelpful reviews: 22%
Protest reviews: 0%

89%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
11%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 131
Negative points: 48
Gameplay points: 62
Perf. points: 10
Rec. points: 21
Misc points: 25

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts

Bucket	Neg	Pos
≤ 2h playtime	00% Avg playtime 0h	1224.5% Avg playtime 1.2h
> 2h playtime	12% Avg playtime 3.3h	3673.5% Avg playtime 3.6h

Velocity

review pace

Avg/day	20.2 rev/day
Last 30d	1.6 rev/day
Quarterly	0 rev/qtr
Days covered	2.4 days

Point	Description	Importance
Engaging, Emotional Narrative Description Players found the narrative deeply moving and emotionally resonant, often relating to its themes of growth, letting go, and personal experiences, including specific cultural references. The story is effectively pieced together through environmental cues, character interactions, and impactful choices. It often leaves players feeling nostalgic or reflective. Importance 97%	Players found the narrative deeply moving and emotionally resonant, often relating to its themes of growth, letting go, and personal experiences, including specific cultural references. The story is effectively pieced together through environmental cues, character interactions, and impactful choices. It often leaves players feeling nostalgic or reflective.	97%
Cozy, Calm Atmosphere Description The game provides a calm, peaceful, and warm atmosphere, making it a relaxing and meditative experience. It's often recommended for unwinding or enjoying during a quiet evening, with its unique and cozy vibes and summer feel. Importance 76%	The game provides a calm, peaceful, and warm atmosphere, making it a relaxing and meditative experience. It's often recommended for unwinding or enjoying during a quiet evening, with its unique and cozy vibes and summer feel.	76%
High Replayability, Hidden Details Description Players appreciate the game's replayability, finding new details, lore, and deeper immersion on subsequent playthroughs. This includes specific hidden references and encourages multiple engagements to fully uncover the narrative. Importance 51%	Players appreciate the game's replayability, finding new details, lore, and deeper immersion on subsequent playthroughs. This includes specific hidden references and encourages multiple engagements to fully uncover the narrative.	51%
Beautiful Art, Sound Design Description The game's art style is consistently praised as beautiful, wholesome, and artistic, effectively conveying a melancholic yet charming aesthetic. The background music and ambient sounds greatly contribute to the immersive and emotional atmosphere. Importance 31%	The game's art style is consistently praised as beautiful, wholesome, and artistic, effectively conveying a melancholic yet charming aesthetic. The background music and ambient sounds greatly contribute to the immersive and emotional atmosphere.	31%
Satisfying Object Gameplay Description Players enjoy the core gameplay loop of cleaning and organizing rooms, finding it immensely satisfying to transform cluttered spaces. The ability to examine and rotate collected items to uncover lore and narrative details is a key and appreciated mechanic. Importance 20%	Players enjoy the core gameplay loop of cleaning and organizing rooms, finding it immensely satisfying to transform cluttered spaces. The ability to examine and rotate collected items to uncover lore and narrative details is a key and appreciated mechanic.	20%
Positive Developer & Value Description Players expressed gratitude for specific features like Russian language support and acknowledged the female developers behind the game. The game's starting price was seen as fair for an indie title, and prompt bug fixes were also noted positively. Importance 9%	Players expressed gratitude for specific features like Russian language support and acknowledged the female developers behind the game. The game's starting price was seen as fair for an indie title, and prompt bug fixes were also noted positively.	9%
Strong LGBTQ+ Themes Description The game prominently features LGBTQ+ themes, including lesbian love and drama, which resonated positively with players seeking inclusive narratives. It is described as an "ultra cozy lesbian love room cleaning simulator" by some reviewers. Importance 8%	The game prominently features LGBTQ+ themes, including lesbian love and drama, which resonated positively with players seeking inclusive narratives. It is described as an "ultra cozy lesbian love room cleaning simulator" by some reviewers.	8%

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