THE IMPOSSIBLE Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-03
- High-quality puzzles with optical illusions
- Minimalist and charming design
- Calm and relaxing music
- Controls are poorly designed
- Game is overpriced
- Puzzles are too easy
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
- 572
- Positive
- 50888.8%
- Negative
- 6411.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 42,346
- Estimated revenue
- $211,307
- Game price
- $5
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 2215.94%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,629
- Estimated revenue lost
- $8,129
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 2215.9% Avg playtime 0.7h | 8561.6% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 32.2% Avg playtime 5.2h | 2820.3% Avg playtime 6.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 5.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,134.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
138 total
Organic purchasers11583.3%
Voted up: 82%
Key activations2316.7%
Voted up: 83%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
138 total
First impression0-2h11784.8%
Voted up: 79%
Mid game2-10h1813.0%
Voted up: 94%
Late game10-20h21.45%
Voted up: 100%
Endgame20h+10.72%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 81.9%
1 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 572 total.