Esoteric Ebb Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-07-15
  • Disco Elysium meets D&D
  • Overall quality praised
  • Appeals to TTRPG fans
  • Inferior to Disco Elysium
  • Lacks voice acting
  • Excessive text and exposition
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Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows 8-11GB VRAMpositiveWindows 12-15GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMpositive
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
Total reviews
8,360
Positive
7,98095.5%
Negative
3804.5%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
562,744
Estimated revenue
$14,062,973
Game price
$25
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
740.89%
Estimated copies lost
4,981
Estimated revenue lost
$124,475
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
740.9%
Avg playtime 0.9h
1091.3%
Avg playtime 1.1h
> 2h playtime
3063.7%
Avg playtime 14.7h
7,87194.2%
Avg playtime 25.5h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day62.7 rev/day
Last 30d30.3 rev/day
Quarterly0 rev/qtr
Days covered133.2 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
8,360 total
Organic purchasers7,55990.4%
Voted up: 96%
Key activations8019.58%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
8,360 total
First impression0-2h3984.76%
Voted up: 80%
Mid game2-10h1,36416.3%
Voted up: 90%
Late game10-20h2,74832.9%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+3,85046.1%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
6.22% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
93.7%
Global baseline 95.5%
520 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 8,360 total.