Owlboy
Last updated: 2025-12-21
- Stunning pixel art visuals and design
- Innovative companion-based gameplay mechanics
- High replayability with partner mechanics
- Repetitive and tedious gameplay loop
- Clunky and unresponsive controls reported
- Frustrating platforming and level design
Emotions
Frustration26%Disappointment16%Satisfaction6%Enjoyment5%Appreciation5%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 5,992
- Positive
- 5,01183.6%
- Negative
- 98116.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 412,932
- Estimated revenue
- $8,254,511
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 72.03%
- Estimated copies lost
- 482
- Estimated revenue lost
- $9,635
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 72% Avg playtime 0.9h | 51.4% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 7220.9% Avg playtime 11.6h | 26175.7% Avg playtime 15.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 8.5 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,330.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
345 total
Organic purchasers23568.1%
Voted up: 77%
Key activations11031.9%
Voted up: 77%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
345 total
First impression0-2h185.22%
Voted up: 50%
Mid game2-10h15043.5%
Voted up: 73%
Late game10-20h14241.2%
Voted up: 81%
Endgame20h+3510.1%
Voted up: 94%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
60.9%
Global baseline 77.1%
23 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 5,992 total.