X4: Foundations Steam page analysis
View on Steam ↗Capsule 85Page copy 81Screenshots 85Setup 85checked 2026-11-02
Similar games: screenshots 78/255 · 3 trailers · 10 languages
X4: FoundationsEgosoft · 20 tags · 19 screenshotsSection scores weights from methodology v1
Compare with the best pages in its genre: Simulation & Management · Strategy · Open World & Sandbox
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 3 ISSUES
high1 of your first 5 screenshots is near-black+2 pts
Screenshots #2 (22) of 255 at thumbnail size. Steam shows the first 4 to 5 before the arrow.
Move your brightest shots forward: #18 (100) and #3 (87).
highFirst sentence never names the genre+2 pts
It opens: "Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship."
Name the genre in the first sentence, the part shoppers read on hover.
lowBroad tags rank above your real genre+1 pts
Top five tags include Simulation.
Encourage players to tag your real genre, and use your developer tags on the specific ones.
How you look on Steam
Measured at 231 × 87: brightness 82/255, contrast 56, colorfulness 48, 29% near-black pixels.
Store copy short 70 · long 98
Short description · 253 / 300Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.
First sentence never names the genre. It opens: "Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship."
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
- warn79% positive recent reviews.
- warnTop five tags include Simulation.
- ok9 trailers.
- okAll 20 tag slots used.
- ok14 languages.
- ok8 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
- ✓ 14 languages
- ✓ All 20 tag slots used
- ✓ 8 GIFs or clips in the description
- ✓ Short description uses 253 of 300 characters
- ✓ 9 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.