Sand: A Superfluous Game Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-03
- Rewarding base building and management
- Engaging and addictive core gameplay
- Witty and humorous writing
- Game is incomplete and short
- Unpolished with placeholder content
- Bugs block quest progression
Emotions
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Positive (7/10)
- Total reviews
- 38
- Positive
- 3694.7%
- Negative
- 25.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 2,644
- Estimated revenue
- $26,414
- Game price
- $10
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 00.00%
- Estimated copies lost
- 0
- Estimated revenue lost
- $0
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 00% Avg playtime 0h | 821.1% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 25.3% Avg playtime 8.1h | 2873.7% Avg playtime 21.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 3.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,351 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
38 total
Organic purchasers2257.9%
Voted up: 91%
Key activations1642.1%
Voted up: 100%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
38 total
First impression0-2h1128.9%
Voted up: 100%
Mid game2-10h1744.7%
Voted up: 94%
Late game10-20h821.1%
Voted up: 88%
Endgame20h+25.26%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
N/A
Global baseline 94.7%
0 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 38 total.