Dry Drowning Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-06-10
  • Excellent music and visuals
  • Multiple endings with consequences
  • Meaningful narrative choices
  • Poor character depth and development
  • Significant translation issues
  • Weak gameplay with minimal interactivity
Dry Drowning header

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
511
Positive
41380.8%
Negative
9819.2%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
38,597
Estimated revenue
$771,554
Game price
$20
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
54.20%
Estimated copies lost
378
Estimated revenue lost
$7,556
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
54.2%
Avg playtime 1.1h
32.5%
Avg playtime 1.1h
> 2h playtime
1815.1%
Avg playtime 9.9h
9378.2%
Avg playtime 15.1h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0 rev/day
Last 30d0.1 rev/day
Quarterly4.2 rev/qtr
Days covered2,487.2 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
119 total
Organic purchasers8470.6%
Voted up: 79%
Key activations3529.4%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
119 total
First impression0-2h119.24%
Voted up: 55%
Mid game2-10h5848.7%
Voted up: 81%
Late game10-20h3428.6%
Voted up: 85%
Endgame20h+1613.4%
Voted up: 88%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
1.68% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 80.7%
2 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 511 total.