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  "population": 65839,
  "all_paid_nonexplicit_2016_24": 66803,
  "excluded_10000plus": 964,
  "sample_n": 60,
  "seed": 77007,
  "strata": "three release periods x four current review-count bands; five random games per cell",
  "estimated_reviews": 51152,
  "estimated_requests": 664,
  "sample_sha256": "2665619a0e0276478bfb1d57d491ef730c41cfc5567e7cca4463858755cbc44d",
  "source": "../2026-09-05 catalog via independently normalized fable-verification games.parquet",
  "observation": "Currently returned Steam-purchase reviews, all languages, off-topic filtering on. Creation timestamps of surviving reviews; not original complete history or historical sentiment.",
  "analysis": "first30/90/365/730; first-review clock sensitivity; last twelve complete calendar months; bounded late-burst screen; no causal update attribution",
  "review_text_and_accounts": "Not collected"
}