Bellwright

Last updated: 2025-12-15
  • Highly immersive and engaging gameplay loop
  • Exceptional village-building and NPC management
  • Strong combat with tactical depth
  • Autonomous villagers enhance realism
  • Early-game difficulty can be punishing
  • Combat system feels buggy and unbalanced
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Emotions

Frustration23%Excitement21%Satisfaction17%Joy14%Disappointment11%
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Very Positive (8/10)
Total reviews
14,516
Positive
11,75181.0%
Negative
2,76519.0%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
1,006,939
Estimated revenue
$30,198,101
Game price
$30
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
2464.76%
Estimated copies lost
17,064
Estimated revenue lost
$511,749
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
2474.8%
Avg playtime 0.8h
450.9%
Avg playtime 0.8h
> 2h playtime
63312.2%
Avg playtime 62.1h
4,24782.1%
Avg playtime 143h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day8.6 rev/day
Last 30d26.7 rev/day
Quarterly571.2 rev/qtr
Days covered600.8 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
5,172 total
Organic purchasers4,71391.1%
Voted up: 83%
Key activations4598.87%
Voted up: 83%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
5,172 total
First impression0-2h3596.94%
Voted up: 24%
Mid game2-10h84816.4%
Voted up: 75%
Late game10-20h69813.5%
Voted up: 86%
Endgame20h+3,26763.2%
Voted up: 91%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.25% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
53.8%
Global baseline 83.0%
13 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 14,516 total.