The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Last updated: 2026-04-07
  • Exceptional voice acting and audio
  • Intuitive and enjoyable puzzles
  • Beautiful pixel art graphics
  • Puzzles lack depth and variety
  • Unsatisfying and disappointing ending
  • Dialogue choices lack impact
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Emotions

Archetypes

Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Very Positive (8/10)
Total reviews
3,014
Positive
2,77892.2%
Negative
2367.8%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
203,543
Estimated revenue
$3,051,110
Game price
$15
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
40.53%
Estimated copies lost
270
Estimated revenue lost
$4,047
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ă— Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
40.5%
Avg playtime 0.8h
70.9%
Avg playtime 0.9h
> 2h playtime
7910.5%
Avg playtime 8.6h
65988%
Avg playtime 10.7h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0.6 rev/day
Last 30d1.2 rev/day
Quarterly29.3 rev/qtr
Days covered1,286.1 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
749 total
Organic purchasers46862.5%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations28137.5%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
749 total
First impression0-2h172.27%
Voted up: 65%
Mid game2-10h55974.6%
Voted up: 89%
Late game10-20h15320.4%
Voted up: 90%
Endgame20h+202.67%
Voted up: 85%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
8.68% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
90.8%
Global baseline 88.9%
65 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 3,014 total.