Half Sword Steam page analysis
View on Steam ↗Capsule 68Page copy 78Screenshots 85Setup 71checked 2026-11-04
Similar games: screenshots 70/255 · 3 trailers · 12 languages
Half SwordHalf Sword Games · 20 tags · 11 screenshotsSection scores weights from methodology v1
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<a href="https://www.steampagechecker.com/report/half-sword"><img src="https://www.steampagechecker.com/badge/half-sword.svg" alt="Half Sword Steam page score on StoreCheck: 74/100" height="22"></a>Side by side with the 3 games Steam shows next to it, section by section. Free, shareable link.
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 9 ISSUES
highFew languages+4 pts
1 language. Similar games support 12.
Translate the store page first: Simplified Chinese, German, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese.
high1 of your first 5 screenshots is near-black+2 pts
Screenshots #5 (24) of 255 at thumbnail size. Steam shows the first 4 to 5 before the arrow.
Move your brightest shots forward: #2 (140) and #8 (108).
mediumCapsule is darker than most+1 pts
Average brightness 65/255.
Brighten the focal subject so it separates from Steam's dark #1b2838 background.
mediumMuted palette+1 pts
Colorfulness 23.
Add one stronger accent color.
How you look on Steam
Measured at 231 × 87: brightness 65/255, contrast 63, colorfulness 23, 57% near-black pixels.
Store copy short 75 · long 82
Short description · 216 / 300Half Sword is a physics-based medieval combat simulator featuring historically accurate XV-century arms and armor. We are not afraid to show the brutal nature of medieval combat with in-depth blood and gore features.
Opens with the game's name. Starts "Half Sword is a…", which wastes the first words.
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
- fix1 language; similar games support 12.
- warn2 trailers; the games Steam shows next to you have 3.
- warn74% positive recent reviews.
- warnTop five tags include Early Access.
- okAll 20 tag slots used.
- ok10 GIFs or clips in the long description.
- okDiscord, X, website linked.
Games Steam shows next to you
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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
- ✓ 10 GIFs or clips in the description
- ✓ Short description uses 216 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.