Northern Journey

Last updated: 2026-02-21
  • Outstanding atmosphere and beautiful visuals and landscapes.
  • Variety in gameplay elements and exploration-focused gameplay.
  • Unique and charismatic experience with Scandinavian folklore inspiration.
  • Combat feels janky and frustrating with poor hitboxes.
  • Repetitive and unenjoyable bosses with gameplay issues.
  • Movement, collision, and performance issues reported.
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Emotions

Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
Total reviews
3,452
Positive
3,34797.0%
Negative
1053.0%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
267,783
Estimated revenue
$3,210,718
Game price
$12
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
30.53%
Estimated copies lost
233
Estimated revenue lost
$2,794
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
30.5%
Avg playtime 0.7h
101.8%
Avg playtime 1.1h
> 2h playtime
223.9%
Avg playtime 9.3h
52693.8%
Avg playtime 16.2h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0.3 rev/day
Last 30d1.3 rev/day
Quarterly18.8 rev/qtr
Days covered1,646.3 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
561 total
Organic purchasers52393.2%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations386.77%
Voted up: 97%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
561 total
First impression0-2h203.57%
Voted up: 80%
Mid game2-10h14425.7%
Voted up: 91%
Late game10-20h33459.5%
Voted up: 98%
Endgame20h+6311.2%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.71% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 95.5%
4 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 3,452 total.