Gerda: A Flame in Winter Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-11
- Choice-based narrative with consequences
- Well-told story praised
- Beautiful art style
- RNG dice rolls unfair
- Manual save system missing
- Political portrayal controversial
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
- 545
- Positive
- 51694.7%
- Negative
- 295.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 39,904
- Estimated revenue
- $797,681
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 41.71%
- Estimated copies lost
- 293
- Estimated revenue lost
- $5,857
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 41.7% Avg playtime 0.6h | 41.7% Avg playtime 1.4h |
| > 2h playtime | 156.4% Avg playtime 9.1h | 21190.2% Avg playtime 20h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 12.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,437.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
234 total
Organic purchasers21591.9%
Voted up: 92%
Key activations198.12%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
234 total
First impression0-2h125.13%
Voted up: 67%
Mid game2-10h14662.4%
Voted up: 92%
Late game10-20h6025.6%
Voted up: 93%
Endgame20h+166.84%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
83.3%
Global baseline 91.9%
12 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 545 total.