Astral Ascent Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-21
- Stunning visuals and art style
- Satisfying and unique combat system
- Strong roguelike genre recommendation
- Large build variety and playable characters
- Poor hit feedback and weak story
- Slow grindy early game, steep curve
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB VRAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 8,588
- Positive
- 8,12494.6%
- Negative
- 4645.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 545,270
- Estimated revenue
- $13,626,297
- Game price
- $25
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 322.38%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,032
- Estimated revenue lost
- $50,780
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 322.4% Avg playtime 0.9h | 352.6% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 715.3% Avg playtime 29.7h | 1,20989.8% Avg playtime 45.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.8 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 2.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 50.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,621.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,347 total
Organic purchasers68751.0%
Voted up: 92%
Key activations66049.0%
Voted up: 93%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,347 total
First impression0-2h957.05%
Voted up: 65%
Mid game2-10h33124.6%
Voted up: 91%
Late game10-20h29121.6%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+63046.8%
Voted up: 95%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 92.4%
74 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 8,588 total.