Dragonkin: The Banished Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-09-01
  • Innovative and deep skill system
  • Beautiful and polished graphics
  • Solid ARPG experience overall
  • Boring and unrewarding endgame
  • Mediocre and uninteresting story
  • Frequent crashes and technical issues
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Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB VRAMmixedWindows 12-15GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMpositive
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Mostly Positive (6/10)
Total reviews
2,715
Positive
2,00073.7%
Negative
71526.3%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
197,837
Estimated revenue
$4,943,947
Game price
$25
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
1256.04%
Estimated copies lost
9,109
Estimated revenue lost
$227,634
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
1256%
Avg playtime 0.8h
381.8%
Avg playtime 1.1h
> 2h playtime
37518.1%
Avg playtime 32.6h
1,53174%
Avg playtime 56.3h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day3.8 rev/day
Last 30d3.4 rev/day
Quarterly70.4 rev/qtr
Days covered543.5 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,069 total
Organic purchasers1,66580.5%
Voted up: 75%
Key activations40419.5%
Voted up: 78%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,069 total
First impression0-2h25712.4%
Voted up: 47%
Mid game2-10h62830.4%
Voted up: 78%
Late game10-20h34016.4%
Voted up: 80%
Endgame20h+84440.8%
Voted up: 81%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.72% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
73.3%
Global baseline 75.8%
15 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 2,715 total.