Making*Lovers Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-20
- Wholesome romance and comedy
- Distinct heroine personalities
- Great pacing throughout
- Unlikable and pervy MC
- Art quality is average
- Too linear and predictable
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 655
- Positive
- 63697.1%
- Negative
- 192.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 52,299
- Estimated revenue
- $1,568,447
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 21.65%
- Estimated copies lost
- 160
- Estimated revenue lost
- $4,798
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 21.7% Avg playtime 1h | 32.5% Avg playtime 0.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 75.8% Avg playtime 28.3h | 10990.1% Avg playtime 470.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 4.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,291.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
121 total
Organic purchasers11393.4%
Voted up: 92%
Key activations86.61%
Voted up: 100%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
121 total
First impression0-2h1310.7%
Voted up: 85%
Mid game2-10h2319.0%
Voted up: 91%
Late game10-20h2520.7%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+6049.6%
Voted up: 93%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
50.0%
Global baseline 92.6%
2 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 655 total.