The Shore Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-30
- Lovecraftian themes and atmosphere
- Stunning visuals
- Excellent sound and music
- Engaging narrative
- Impressive monster design
- Severe performance and stuttering issues
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 2,010
- Positive
- 1,45572.4%
- Negative
- 55527.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 173,413
- Estimated revenue
- $2,079,222
- Game price
- $12
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1869.25%
- Estimated copies lost
- 16,047
- Estimated revenue lost
- $192,404
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1879.3% Avg playtime 1.1h | 1326.6% Avg playtime 1.4h |
| > 2h playtime | 36818.3% Avg playtime 3.6h | 1,32365.8% Avg playtime 5.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 88.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,077.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,010 total
Organic purchasers1,77488.3%
Voted up: 71%
Key activations23611.7%
Voted up: 84%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,010 total
First impression0-2h38018.9%
Voted up: 47%
Mid game2-10h1,58678.9%
Voted up: 78%
Late game10-20h331.64%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+110.55%
Voted up: 82%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
55.6%
Global baseline 72.4%
18 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 2,010 total.