Rules of Engagement: The Grey State Steam page analysis
View on Steam ↗Capsule 92Page copy 71Screenshots 94Setup 72checked 2026-11-02
Similar games: screenshots 57/255 · 5 trailers · 13 languages
Rules of Engagement: The Grey StateGrey State Studio · 20 tags · 15 screenshotsSection scores weights from methodology v1
Compare with the best pages in its genre: Horror · Shooter & FPS · Co-op
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
criticalNo demo on a Coming Soon page+5 pts
Steam Next Fest requires a demo, and each game gets one Next Fest.
Ship a short demo before your Next Fest and add the download button above the fold.
lowNo section headers+3 pts
The description has no headers to scan.
Break it up with 3 to 5 headers.
highLong description is very short+2 pts
0 characters.
Explain the loop, the features and the setting, with headers.
lowFewer trailers than similar games+1 pts
3 trailers; similar games have 5.
Add a short gameplay-only trailer.
How you look on Steam
Measured at 231 × 87: brightness 195/255, contrast 63, colorfulness 103, 5% near-black pixels.
Store copy short 85 · long 50
Short description · 233 / 300A horror-infused extraction shooter for squads of three. Crush monster hordes with devastating firepower in co-op PvE, or take on rival squads for The Vertex in PvP. Choose your battle, push as far as you dare, and make it out alive.
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
- fixNo demo on a Coming Soon page. Next Fest needs one.
- warn3 trailers; the games Steam shows next to you have 5.
- warnTop five tags include Multiplayer.
- warn8 languages; similar games support 13.
- okAll 20 tag slots used.
- ok22 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
- ✓ 22 GIFs or clips in the description
- ✓ Short description uses 233 of 300 characters
- ✓ 3 trailers
- ✓ Capsule stands out at small size
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.