Darkwood Steam page analysis
View on Steam ↗Capsule 68Page copy 84Screenshots 30Setup 84checked 2026-10-30
Similar games: screenshots 40/255 · 2 trailers · 14 languages
DarkwoodAcid Wizard Studio · 20 tags · 10 screenshotsSection scores weights from methodology v1
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The score measures. The Player Jury puts your capsules in a real-size Steam list in front of 300 genre players. In development, $19 per test.
Fixes, ranked by estimated impact 8 ISSUES
critical5 of your first 5 screenshots are near-black+9 pts
Screenshots #1 (23), #2 (23), #3 (12), #4 (25), #5 (22) of 255 at thumbnail size. Steam shows the first 4 to 5 before the arrow.
Move your brightest shots forward: #6 (54) and #7 (49).
highThe first screenshot is dark+1 pts
Slot 1 brightness 23/255. Slot 1 is the most-seen image after the capsule.
Lead with your brightest gameplay shot (screenshot 6, at 54).
mediumCapsule is darker than most+1 pts
Average brightness 50/255.
Brighten the focal subject so it separates from Steam's dark #1b2838 background.
mediumMuted palette+1 pts
Colorfulness 26.
Add one stronger accent color.
How you look on Steam
Measured at 231 × 87: brightness 50/255, contrast 58, colorfulness 26, 56% near-black pixels.
Store copy short 85 · long 83
Short description · 180 / 300Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
A rewritten draft built from your own words is in the full report.
Screenshot audit measured brightness, store order
Steam shows 4 to 5 thumbnails before the arrow. Red = near-black (under 30/255), amber = dark (under 45).
First five screenshots vs the games Steam shows next to you average brightness, 0–255
Trailer, tags and setup
- warnTop five tags include Adventure, Action.
- ok2 trailers.
- ok90% positive recent reviews.
- okAll 20 tag slots used.
- ok11 languages.
- ok11 GIFs or clips in the long description.
- okDiscord, X, website linked.
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1.3% of impressions become visits. Below 2% usually means the capsule doesn't read at small size.
What's working
- ✓ All 20 tag slots used
- ✓ 11 GIFs or clips in the description
- ✓ Short description uses 180 of 300 characters
- ✓ 90% positive recent reviews
Pricing the score is always free · no account · 5 checks a day
- ✓ Score + 9 sections
- ✓ Measured screenshots
- ✓ Funnel diagnosis
- ✓ Top 4 fixes
- ✓ All fixes, ranked
- ✓ Description draft
- ✓ Screenshot order
- ✓ Tag plan + checklist
- ✓ 300+ genre players
- ✓ Real-size Steam list
- ✓ Written reasons
- ✓ 48 hours
- ✓ Daily re-score
- ✓ Neighbor alerts
- ✓ 1 jury test a month
- ✓ 3 games
Scored with methodology v1. A higher score means a clearer page, not guaranteed sales.