Hex of Steel Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-06
- Deep and enjoyable gameplay
- Built-in editor and modding
- Excellent wargame experience
- Great value for money
- Campaigns are poorly designed
- Bugs and glitches prevalent
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
- 903
- Positive
- 86295.5%
- Negative
- 414.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 67,689
- Estimated revenue
- $1,691,548
- Game price
- $25
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 72.09%
- Estimated copies lost
- 525
- Estimated revenue lost
- $13,120
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 72.1% Avg playtime 1.1h | 41.2% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 164.8% Avg playtime 75.1h | 30891.9% Avg playtime 277.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 10.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,371.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
335 total
Organic purchasers32496.7%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations113.28%
Voted up: 91%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
335 total
First impression0-2h298.66%
Voted up: 76%
Mid game2-10h7422.1%
Voted up: 92%
Late game10-20h4914.6%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+18354.6%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 93.1%
6 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 903 total.