Smelter Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-07-31
Review summary
  • Tight action-platforming gameplay
  • Excellent creative boss fights
  • Outstanding audio quality
  • Clunky unresponsive controls
  • Unfair difficulty with cheap deaths
  • Game-breaking bugs persist
Smelter header

Categories

Action PlatformerTop-Down StrategyTower DefenseActRaiser-style City BuildingBoss RushPrecision PlatformerCollectibles

Emotions

Archetypes

Timed cohorts

Switch between playtime slices of churn risk.

Refund churn

Risk snapshot

Fast read on churn risk and the loudest complaints.

63.5% PrecisionApr 22, 2021 → Aug 20, 2023
Total revenue at risk
$11,074

~$391 per month

Modeled from refund-intent reviews

Most dangerous issue
Game-Breaking Stuck Bug

Design · 16.4% of risk

Churn driver breakdown

Weighted by churn risk

$11,074
Design
Technical
84.5%$9,356
15.5%$1,718
Issue map

Complaint treemap

Normalized churn drivers sized by volume; click to inspect a cluster.

Issue treemap
Design · 85.7% share
Technical · 14.3% share
Issue · Design
Excessive Unskippable Dialog
Share of issues
14.3%
Primary region
United States
Detected from language cues
Anger level
Furious
Average sentiment intensity