"virtual beepis" is a rather mediocre and pointless tech demo, a recreation of a physical handheld 1990's toy called a "tamagotchi" or "little egg". These things weren't really games exactly, just busy work things where you had to tap buttons to feed and clean up after a little bunch of pixels on a primitive LCD display.
As a simulator this has you changing the batteries and reading a manual about the tamagotchi and you can also switch it on and keep the little critter alive... but let's all just ask ourselves, why aren't these toys still popular? Answer: Because they were a dumb flash in the pan fad that died out. So I guess it's no surprise that this was even less popular in 2021.
The graphics aren't great, low quality 3D assets, which, while genuinely made, aren't all that appealing. That's understandably a turn off for a lot of gamers, and it's a big contributor to the failure of the game to attract gamers despite having no up-front cost. Gaming is a primarily visual medium, and if developers want to succeed, they must understand that it's not an area for compromise. You deserve better than compromises.
Now on to pricing and value for gamers.
This is "free" enough (not every "free" game in the "free" section is truly free, there's usually some hidden price tag), at least you won't be expected to spend any more money after you download this, but just because something is free doesn't mean it's good, and the cost of a game is more than just financial, your time is valuable too.
In terms of public reception, this failed. There's over 130 million unique gamers visiting Steam every month. SteamDB showed the game peaked at [b]only 9 concurrent players[/b]... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away.
Given that this free title won't increase your game collector count, is it worth your time to add it to your library?
I think you should give this one a miss. Although it's free, your time and storage are valuable resources, and the market is filled with superior options.
