Heart of the Machine
Last updated: 2026-01-23
- Deep narrative with meaningful player choices
- High replayability and exploration opportunities
- Unique genre-blending gameplay mechanics
- Poor tutorial and overwhelming onboarding experience
- Lack of clarity in objectives and guidance
- Early access limitations and bugs present
Emotions
Excitement18%Frustration13%Satisfaction8%Appreciation6%Enjoyment6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 1,498
- Positive
- 1,39793.3%
- Negative
- 1016.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 101,224
- Estimated revenue
- $3,035,708
- Game price
- $30
- Review ā sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 302.00%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,027
- Estimated revenue lost
- $60,790
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ć Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ā¤ 2h playtime | 312.1% Avg playtime 1h | 513.4% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 704.7% Avg playtime 24.9h | 1,34689.9% Avg playtime 47.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 4.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 4.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 364.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 356.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,498 total
Organic purchasers1,42495.1%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations744.94%
Voted up: 99%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,498 total
First impression0-2h1409.35%
Voted up: 77%
Mid game2-10h41427.6%
Voted up: 90%
Late game10-20h31821.2%
Voted up: 94%
Endgame20h+62641.8%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 93.3%
19 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,498 total.