The House Before Steam page analysis
View on Steam ↗Capsule 48Page copy 79Screenshots 53Setup 65checked 2026-11-01
Similar games: screenshots 38/255 · 3 trailers · 9 languages
The House BeforeGabriel Helfenstein · 12 tags · 12 screenshotsSection scores weights from methodology v1
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Fixes, ranked by estimated impact 10 ISSUES
critical3 of your first 5 screenshots are near-black+6 pts
Screenshots #1 (27), #2 (18), #3 (12) of 255 at thumbnail size. Steam shows the first 4 to 5 before the arrow.
Move your brightest shots forward: #9 (88) and #6 (69).
highFew languages+4 pts
1 language. Similar games support 9.
Translate the store page first: Simplified Chinese, German, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese.
highCapsule is very dark at small size+3 pts
Average brightness 31/255 at 231 × 87.
Lift the subject and logo with a rim light or a brighter background zone.
lowNo Discord link+3 pts
No Discord link found on the store page.
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How you look on Steam
Measured at 231 × 87: brightness 31/255, contrast 31, colorfulness 54, 81% near-black pixels.
Store copy short 70 · long 92
Short description · 220 / 300You wake up as a House. Your bones are pipes and tunnels. Your organs are a labyrinth of caves. The House Before is a narrative body horror adventure where you play as a monstrous structure filled with strange creatures.
First sentence never names the genre. It opens: "You wake up as a House."
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
- fix12 of 20 tag slots used.
- fix1 language; similar games support 9.
- warn2 trailers; the games Steam shows next to you have 3.
- warnOnly website linked.
- okDemo available on a Coming Soon page.
- okTop five tags name the real genre.
- ok16 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
- ✓ 16 GIFs or clips in the description
- ✓ Short description uses 220 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.