To The Core
Last updated: 2026-01-24
- Excellent soundtrack and immersive audio design
- Highly addictive and satisfying gameplay loop
- Strong core concept with creative mechanics
- Excessive grind required for full completion
- Unpolished gameplay with bugs and issues
- Lack of meaningful post-game content
Emotions
Frustration29%Enjoyment15%Satisfaction12%Disappointment12%Excitement4%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 5,009
- Positive
- 4,65793.0%
- Negative
- 3527.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 396,442
- Estimated revenue
- $3,167,572
- Game price
- $8
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 131.65%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,029
- Estimated revenue lost
- $8,222
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 131.6% Avg playtime 1.1h | 70.9% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 658.2% Avg playtime 19.4h | 70389.2% Avg playtime 23.3h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.9 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 59.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 896.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
788 total
Organic purchasers77698.5%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations121.52%
Voted up: 83%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
788 total
First impression0-2h364.57%
Voted up: 53%
Mid game2-10h31339.7%
Voted up: 90%
Late game10-20h30238.3%
Voted up: 93%
Endgame20h+13717.4%
Voted up: 93%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
71.4%
Global baseline 90.1%
7 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 5,009 total.