Buddy Simulator 1984 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-05
- Game is highly praised
- Buddy character is well-written
- Great storytelling and immersion
- Game feels too slow
- Combat is tedious
- No save system frustrating
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
- 4,327
- Positive
- 4,03593.3%
- Negative
- 2926.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 298,092
- Estimated revenue
- $2,977,939
- Game price
- $10
- Review â sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 143.00%
- Estimated copies lost
- 964
- Estimated revenue lost
- $9,630
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| †2h playtime | 143% Avg playtime 0.7h | 143% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 367.7% Avg playtime 7h | 40286.3% Avg playtime 11h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 14.8 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,993.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
466 total
Organic purchasers31367.2%
Voted up: 91%
Key activations15332.8%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
466 total
First impression0-2h377.94%
Voted up: 59%
Mid game2-10h30866.1%
Voted up: 91%
Late game10-20h8518.2%
Voted up: 93%
Endgame20h+367.73%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 89.3%
7 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 4,327 total.