Mark of the Deep Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-23
- Excellent art and atmosphere
- Fun and engaging gameplay
- Rewarding exploration with secrets
- Missing or useless map
- Too many strong enemies
- No objective markers or guidance
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 341
- Positive
- 25775.4%
- Negative
- 8424.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 23,094
- Estimated revenue
- $461,649
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 2113.13%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,422
- Estimated revenue lost
- $28,426
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 2113.1% Avg playtime 1h | 127.5% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 4125.6% Avg playtime 13.4h | 8653.8% Avg playtime 18.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 21.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 537.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
160 total
Organic purchasers10263.7%
Voted up: 63%
Key activations5836.3%
Voted up: 59%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
160 total
First impression0-2h3823.8%
Voted up: 45%
Mid game2-10h4930.6%
Voted up: 51%
Late game10-20h3320.6%
Voted up: 76%
Endgame20h+4025.0%
Voted up: 78%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
54.5%
Global baseline 61.3%
11 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 341 total.