Horizon's Gate Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-04
- Deep satisfying core gameplay
- Expansive tactical open world
- Outstanding mod community support
- Base game feels bare
- Story lacks sufficient depth
- Combat feels clunky
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
- 1,260
- Positive
- 1,19694.9%
- Negative
- 645.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 93,671
- Estimated revenue
- $1,872,483
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 21.10%
- Estimated copies lost
- 149
- Estimated revenue lost
- $2,979
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 21.1% Avg playtime 0.4h | 21.1% Avg playtime 1.4h |
| > 2h playtime | 105.5% Avg playtime 29h | 16792.3% Avg playtime 151.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.6 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,328.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
181 total
Organic purchasers17295.0%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations94.97%
Voted up: 100%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
181 total
First impression0-2h63.31%
Voted up: 67%
Mid game2-10h2111.6%
Voted up: 81%
Late game10-20h2212.2%
Voted up: 91%
Endgame20h+13272.9%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
87.5%
Global baseline 93.4%
8 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,260 total.