ICARUS Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-05
- Good graphics and visuals
- Fun and enjoyable gameplay
- Great concept and style
- DLC pricing is exploitative
- Content locked behind DLCs
- Poor optimization and performance
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 8-11GB VRAMnegativeWindows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 64,785
- Positive
- 48,28874.5%
- Negative
- 16,49725.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 4,812,432
- Estimated revenue
- $168,386,996
- Game price
- $35
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 6053.93%
- Estimated copies lost
- 44,941
- Estimated revenue lost
- $1,572,486
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 6063.9% Avg playtime 0.8h | 1190.8% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 2,94719.2% Avg playtime 116.8h | 11,70676.1% Avg playtime 217.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 9.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 19.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 387.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,674.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
15,378 total
Organic purchasers13,14185.5%
Voted up: 77%
Key activations2,23714.5%
Voted up: 78%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
15,378 total
First impression0-2h8845.75%
Voted up: 24%
Mid game2-10h2,48816.2%
Voted up: 72%
Late game10-20h1,85812.1%
Voted up: 79%
Endgame20h+10,14866.0%
Voted up: 82%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
50.0%
Global baseline 76.9%
8 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 64,785 total.