Risk of Rain Returns

Last updated: 2025-11-30
  • Exemplary remake offering a superior experience.
  • Addictive roguelike combat loop.
  • Expansive new content and features.
  • Excessive, often unfair difficulty.
  • Poor level design hampers navigation.
  • Clunky controls and slow movement.
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Emotions

Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Very Positive (8/10)
Total reviews
28,264
Positive
25,42389.9%
Negative
2,84110.1%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
2,048,135
Estimated revenue
€23,021,037
Game price
€15
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
372.50%
Estimated copies lost
2,681
Estimated revenue lost
€30,134
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ă— Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
372.5%
Avg playtime 1.1h
191.3%
Avg playtime 1.2h
> 2h playtime
19813.4%
Avg playtime 29.4h
1,22682.8%
Avg playtime 49.3h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day2 rev/day
Last 30d2.7 rev/day
Quarterly113.1 rev/qtr
Days covered745.9 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,480 total
Organic purchasers1,16678.8%
Voted up: 84%
Key activations31421.2%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,480 total
First impression0-2h1077.23%
Voted up: 60%
Mid game2-10h46731.6%
Voted up: 87%
Late game10-20h28319.1%
Voted up: 82%
Endgame20h+62342.1%
Voted up: 87%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
4.26% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
82.5%
Global baseline 84.1%
63 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 28,264 total.