Ruffy and the Riverside Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-20
- Swap mechanic is innovative fun
- Charming appealing art style
- Worth price for platformer fans
- Swap mechanic feels too limited
- Excessive dialogue hurts story
- Puzzles lackluster and unclear
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 235
- Positive
- 20687.7%
- Negative
- 2912.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 15,837
- Estimated revenue
- $316,582
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 64.48%
- Estimated copies lost
- 404
- Estimated revenue lost
- $8,076
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 64.5% Avg playtime 0.8h | 96.7% Avg playtime 1.3h |
| > 2h playtime | 1410.4% Avg playtime 9.2h | 10578.4% Avg playtime 12.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 28.5 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 392.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
134 total
Organic purchasers9973.9%
Voted up: 83%
Key activations3526.1%
Voted up: 91%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
134 total
First impression0-2h1914.2%
Voted up: 63%
Mid game2-10h5440.3%
Voted up: 81%
Late game10-20h5742.5%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+42.99%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
84.6%
Global baseline 85.1%
13 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 235 total.