Echo Mates Steam page analysis
View on Steam ↗Capsule 70Page copy 79Screenshots 17Setup 72checked 2026-10-31
Similar games: screenshots 56/255 · 1 trailers · 14 languages
Echo MatesVasilii Privalov · 20 tags · 8 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+10 pts
Screenshots #1 (6), #2 (13), #3 (8), #4 (13), #5 (24) of 255 at thumbnail size. Steam shows the first 4 to 5 before the arrow.
Move your brightest shots forward: #6 (62) and #5 (24).
highMost of the capsule is near-black+2 pts
69% of pixels are near black.
Reduce the black area or fill it with a readable shape.
highFirst sentence never names the genre+2 pts
It opens: "To see, you must speak."
Name the genre in the first sentence, the part shoppers read on hover.
highThe first screenshot is dark+1 pts
Slot 1 brightness 6/255. Slot 1 is the most-seen image after the capsule.
Lead with your brightest gameplay shot (screenshot 6, at 62).
How you look on Steam
Measured at 231 × 87: brightness 45/255, contrast 67, colorfulness 21, 69% near-black pixels.
Store copy short 70 · long 92
Short description · 223 / 300To see, you must speak. To speak is to be found. A co-op horror in near-total darkness where every sound sends out a wave that lights the level — and calls whatever lives in it. 1–4 players, real voice, microphone required.
First sentence never names the genre. It opens: "To see, you must speak."
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 Early Access.
- warn6 languages; similar games support 14.
- warnOnly Discord linked.
- ok1 trailers.
- okDemo available on a Coming Soon page.
- okAll 20 tag slots used.
- ok6 GIFs or clips in the long description.
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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
- ✓ 6 GIFs or clips in the description
- ✓ Short description uses 223 of 300 characters
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.