Hawthorn Steam page analysis
View on Steam ↗Capsule 80Page copy 84Screenshots 94Setup 77checked 2026-11-04
Similar games: screenshots 110/255 · 5 trailers · 14 languages
HawthornNEARstudios · 20 tags · 13 screenshotsSection scores weights from methodology v1
Compare with the best pages in its genre: RPG · Cozy & Relaxing · Open World & Sandbox
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<a href="https://www.steampagechecker.com/report/hawthorn"><img src="https://www.steampagechecker.com/badge/hawthorn.svg" alt="Hawthorn Steam page score on StoreCheck: 82/100" 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 5 ISSUES
highFew languages+4 pts
1 language. Similar games support 14.
Translate the store page first: Simplified Chinese, German, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese.
mediumContrast could be stronger+1 pts
Brightness spread 40.
Increase separation between subject and background.
mediumBroad tags rank above your real genre+1 pts
Top five tags include RPG, Multiplayer.
Encourage players to tag your real genre, and use your developer tags on the specific ones.
lowNo section headers+1 pts
The description has no headers to scan.
Break it up with 3 to 5 headers.
How you look on Steam
Measured at 231 × 87: brightness 145/255, contrast 40, colorfulness 43, 0% near-black pixels.
Store copy short 85 · long 83
Short description · 295 / 300Former developers from Bethesda, BioWare, and Naughty Dog bring you the sandbox RPG realm of anthropomorphic animals and fairy creatures. This early Proof-of-Concept Demo is an intentional look back at where Hawthorn's development journey began and an invitation to shape the future of Hawthorn!
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 14.
- warn4 trailers; the games Steam shows next to you have 5.
- warnTop five tags include RPG, Multiplayer.
- okDemo available on a Coming Soon page.
- okAll 20 tag slots used.
- ok14 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
- ✓ 14 GIFs or clips in the description
- ✓ Short description uses 295 of 300 characters
- ✓ 4 trailers
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.