The Crimson Diamond Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-30
- Engaging story and characters
- Stunning retro EGA art
- Text parser too restrictive
- Puzzles obtuse requiring guide
- Nostalgic Sierra adventure tribute
- Pacing and length issues
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 688
- Positive
- 66596.7%
- Negative
- 233.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 53,380
- Estimated revenue
- $800,166
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 31.55%
- Estimated copies lost
- 233
- Estimated revenue lost
- $3,493
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 31.6% Avg playtime 0.2h | 115.7% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 94.7% Avg playtime 11.1h | 17088.1% Avg playtime 14.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 19.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 740.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
193 total
Organic purchasers18193.8%
Voted up: 94%
Key activations126.22%
Voted up: 92%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
193 total
First impression0-2h2110.9%
Voted up: 86%
Mid game2-10h9046.6%
Voted up: 94%
Late game10-20h6232.1%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+2010.4%
Voted up: 95%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 93.8%
2 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 688 total.