Against the Storm

Last updated: 2026-03-24
  • Unique roguelike and city-builder blend
  • Highly addictive and replayable gameplay
  • Excellent city-building mechanics
  • Unintuitive design choices and steep learning curve
  • Repetitive gameplay loop and frustrating RNG mechanics
  • Readability and UI issues
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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
35,426
Positive
33,55194.7%
Negative
1,8755.3%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
2,473,324
Estimated revenue
$74,174,987
Game price
$30
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
721.42%
Estimated copies lost
5,027
Estimated revenue lost
$150,760
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
721.4%
Avg playtime 0.9h
521%
Avg playtime 1.1h
> 2h playtime
3036%
Avg playtime 63.9h
4,65091.6%
Avg playtime 158h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day4.1 rev/day
Last 30d10.1 rev/day
Quarterly207.8 rev/qtr
Days covered1,239.2 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
5,077 total
Organic purchasers4,15581.8%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations92218.2%
Voted up: 93%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
5,077 total
First impression0-2h1663.27%
Voted up: 52%
Mid game2-10h62912.4%
Voted up: 84%
Late game10-20h58511.5%
Voted up: 91%
Endgame20h+3,69772.8%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
2.03% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
91.3%
Global baseline 92.6%
103 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 35,426 total.