The Case of the Golden Idol
Last updated: 2025-12-31
- Challenging yet fair puzzle design
- Masterful storytelling and foreshadowing
- High replay value and engagement
- Inconsistent difficulty curve frustrates players
- Weak late-game narrative disappoints fans
- Poor localization and translation issues present
Emotions
Satisfaction21%Frustration15%Enjoyment10%Excitement6%Disappointment6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 9,503
- Positive
- 9,31498.0%
- Negative
- 1892.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 677,350
- Estimated revenue
- $12,185,527
- Game price
- $18
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 100.55%
- Estimated copies lost
- 713
- Estimated revenue lost
- $12,827
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 100.5% Avg playtime 1.1h | 120.7% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 623.4% Avg playtime 9.7h | 1,74495.4% Avg playtime 12.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 3.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 86.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,175.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,828 total
Organic purchasers1,57986.4%
Voted up: 96%
Key activations24913.6%
Voted up: 97%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,828 total
First impression0-2h382.08%
Voted up: 68%
Mid game2-10h1,01655.6%
Voted up: 96%
Late game10-20h66136.2%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+1136.18%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
94.4%
Global baseline 96.1%
90 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 9,503 total.