Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face — sales estimate, player sentiment & game DNA

What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose

Lifetime units: ~136,056 (P10–P90: 54,422 – 299,323)

Gross revenue: ~$222,016 ($88,806 – $488,435)

Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band means: we'd be surprised if the truth sat outside it. How we estimate

Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model

Last 90 days: 58% positive across 43 stored reviews. Adventure games with 100+ reviews typically sit around 86% (median of 4160 games).

Story & writing73% positive · 56 mentions

“i hooted i hollard i laughed i clapped, the very ending was clever and made me interested in a sequel. But it turns out the dev was redface this whole time, the real horror of this story”Recommended · Steam review · Jan 2026 · 0 h played

Visuals & audio86% positive · 22 mentions

“This game is amazing and honestly one of the most well-paced games I've played in awhile, If I'm being honest, this is the first game where the eerie atmosphere actually got under my skin. Literally almost making me fully paranoid at 1-2…”Recommended · Steam review · Mar 2026 · 1 h played

Price & value47% positive · 19 mentions

“This game is amazing and honestly one of the most well-paced games I've played in awhile, If I'm being honest, this is the first game where the eerie atmosphere actually got under my skin. Literally almost making me fully paranoid at 1-2…”Recommended · Steam review · Mar 2026 · 1 h played

298 recent English reviews stored · topics keyword-matched · topics under 12 mentions stay hidden · methodology

Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference

Technology

3D

Art style

CartoonStylized

Structure

Linear

Mood & themes

HorrorDarkAtmospheric

How you play together

Single-player

Business model

Buy to play

Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.

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