New World: Aeternum

Last updated: 2026-02-12
  • Beautiful and immersive world
  • Satisfying and fluid combat
  • Diverse PvE and PvP content
  • Server capacity and queue problems
  • Buggy and unplayable
  • Weak story and mission design
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Emotions

Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Mixed (5/10)
Total reviews
296,496
Positive
199,06967.1%
Negative
97,42732.9%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
22,027,409
Estimated revenue
Not applicable
Game price
F2P
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
1351.04%
Estimated copies lost
10,029
Estimated revenue lost
Not applicable
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ă— Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
1361%
Avg playtime 1h
250.2%
Avg playtime 1.1h
> 2h playtime
7,24655.6%
Avg playtime 482.5h
5,62943.2%
Avg playtime 812.5h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day8.2 rev/day
Last 30d20 rev/day
Quarterly200.3 rev/qtr
Days covered1,598.6 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
13,036 total
Organic purchasers11,12985.4%
Voted up: 43%
Key activations1,90714.6%
Voted up: 46%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
13,036 total
First impression0-2h1941.49%
Voted up: 19%
Mid game2-10h6204.76%
Voted up: 38%
Late game10-20h7135.47%
Voted up: 42%
Endgame20h+11,50988.3%
Voted up: 44%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.22% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
41.4%
Global baseline 43.4%
29 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 296,496 total.