Gestalt: Steam & Cinder
Last updated: 2026-02-11
- Stunning visuals and art style
- Engaging combat mechanics
- Smooth and responsive controls
- Easy and repetitive combat
- Unsatisfactory and abrupt ending
- Poor map design and navigation
Emotions
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 1,973
- Positive
- 1,58280.2%
- Negative
- 39119.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 143,673
- Estimated revenue
- $2,872,023
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 294.50%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,112
- Estimated revenue lost
- $42,219
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 294.5% Avg playtime 1.1h | 81.2% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 12218.9% Avg playtime 12.7h | 48575.3% Avg playtime 13.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 86.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 574.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
644 total
Organic purchasers51880.4%
Voted up: 75%
Key activations12619.6%
Voted up: 81%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
644 total
First impression0-2h456.99%
Voted up: 31%
Mid game2-10h23236.0%
Voted up: 70%
Late game10-20h32750.8%
Voted up: 86%
Endgame20h+406.21%
Voted up: 85%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
80.3%
Global baseline 76.6%
61 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,973 total.