The Shimmering Horizon and Cursed Blacksmith
Last updated: 2025-12-01
- Consumable weapon crafting loop is core.
- Engaging turn-based roguelike dungeon crawling.
- Offers deep strategic challenge.
- Overly difficult and unbalanced combat.
- Punishing save system, harsh death penalties.
- Adult content is often disappointing.
Emotions
Frustration24%Disappointment13%Satisfaction12%Annoyance12%Anger8%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 377
- Positive
- 27974.0%
- Negative
- 9826.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 26,589
- Estimated revenue
- $478,336
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 123.17%
- Estimated copies lost
- 846
- Estimated revenue lost
- $15,220
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 123.2% Avg playtime 0.8h | 318.2% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 8622.8% Avg playtime 11.5h | 24965.9% Avg playtime 14.3h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 112.8 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 12.6 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
378 total
Organic purchasers34089.9%
Voted up: 72%
Key activations3810.1%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
378 total
First impression0-2h11430.2%
Voted up: 86%
Mid game2-10h17045.0%
Voted up: 72%
Late game10-20h6818.0%
Voted up: 60%
Endgame20h+266.88%
Voted up: 69%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
37.5%
Global baseline 74.1%
8 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 377 total.