Why does this game randomly jump from 100-200 players to 5000 players within hours then drops back down? Its done this multiple times, are the devs manipulating the chart in some way to gain exposure?

never heard of it.

We've updated the Bonus Content offered with game: - Full OST (.flac + .mp3) - Complete Digital Artbook You can find these content directly in your folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\The Descendant\Bonus Content

'the fast and the studious' / 'quick and skillful' fix the water heating system in less than 10 minutes. which i have done, and yet the achievement is not appearing, even after finishing the episode? anyone know of this issue? or if i am doing it wrong? thank you...

I really like how this game looks. But timed stuff?? Okay, you might not die from it. But it's no fun playing whiny Mia while whiny dude yells "YOU ONLY GOT FIIIVE MINUTES LEEEEFFTTT MIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" while I'm already annoyed. And the controls are quite sloppy for this. I can deal with them, but combined with "MIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" and "THIS PLACE IS A MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS" I begin to run in circles. Because I try to speed girly up and she runs in circles instead. Rushing is...