Monster Train Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-27
- Top-tier roguelike deckbuilder experience
- Highly addictive and replayable gameplay
- Deep strategic deckbuilding variety
- Strong clan combination mechanics
- Inferior to Slay the Spire
- Repetitive after numerous runs
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 8-11GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 22,961
- Positive
- 22,00795.8%
- Negative
- 9544.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,633,773
- Estimated revenue
- $40,827,987
- Game price
- $25
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 80.81%
- Estimated copies lost
- 569
- Estimated revenue lost
- $14,219
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 80.8% Avg playtime 0.8h | 151.5% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 636.4% Avg playtime 63.1h | 90391.3% Avg playtime 85.3h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 32.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,319.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
989 total
Organic purchasers85286.1%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations13713.9%
Voted up: 91%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
989 total
First impression0-2h505.06%
Voted up: 82%
Mid game2-10h28528.8%
Voted up: 91%
Late game10-20h19319.5%
Voted up: 93%
Endgame20h+46146.6%
Voted up: 95%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
88.9%
Global baseline 92.8%
45 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 22,961 total.