People Playground
Last updated: 2026-01-14
- Mods significantly enhance gameplay experience
- Limitless sandbox creativity and freedom
- Realistic physics add satisfaction and depth
- Base game lacks initial depth and content
- Heavy reliance on mods for full experience
- No clear objectives or story direction
Emotions
Satisfaction22%Excitement18%Frustration11%Amusement10%Enthusiasm5%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 300,549
- Positive
- 296,09498.5%
- Negative
- 4,4551.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 22,924,546
- Estimated revenue
- $229,016,215
- Game price
- $10
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1170.29%
- Estimated copies lost
- 8,924
- Estimated revenue lost
- $89,151
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1180.3% Avg playtime 0.8h | 3580.9% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 7231.8% Avg playtime 188.7h | 39,11697% Avg playtime 146.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 17.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 204.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 863.9 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,360.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
40,315 total
Organic purchasers37,55193.1%
Voted up: 98%
Key activations2,7646.86%
Voted up: 98%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
40,315 total
First impression0-2h1,1392.83%
Voted up: 87%
Mid game2-10h11,22427.8%
Voted up: 98%
Late game10-20h5,97014.8%
Voted up: 99%
Endgame20h+21,98254.5%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
96.3%
Global baseline 97.9%
107 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 300,549 total.