Bastion

Last updated: 2025-12-19
  • Unique and immersive storytelling experience
  • Stunning hand-painted art style visuals
  • Outstanding soundtrack enhances atmosphere
  • Intrusive and annoying narration present
  • Repetitive and simplistic gameplay mechanics
  • Poor weapon and combat balance issues
Bastion header

Emotions

Frustration13%Appreciation11%Satisfaction10%Admiration9%Nostalgia8%
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
Total reviews
37,748
Positive
35,97595.3%
Negative
1,7734.7%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
2,734,733
Estimated revenue
$40,993,648
Game price
$15
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
171.93%
Estimated copies lost
1,232
Estimated revenue lost
$18,468
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
171.9%
Avg playtime 0.9h
424.8%
Avg playtime 1h
> 2h playtime
596.7%
Avg playtime 8.4h
76586.6%
Avg playtime 15.6h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0.2 rev/day
Last 30d2.1 rev/day
Quarterly11.5 rev/qtr
Days covered5,230.4 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
883 total
Organic purchasers69879.0%
Voted up: 91%
Key activations18521.0%
Voted up: 94%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
883 total
First impression0-2h677.59%
Voted up: 73%
Mid game2-10h41547.0%
Voted up: 90%
Late game10-20h24027.2%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+16118.2%
Voted up: 99%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
5.10% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
91.1%
Global baseline 91.4%
45 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 37,748 total.