Indie Game: The Movie Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-05
- Profiles iconic indie developers
- Honest portrayal of indie struggles
- Personal and immersive developer insights
- Subtitle and localization issues
- Indie game industry struggles
- Mini-game achievement frustration
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 1,893
- Positive
- 1,74492.1%
- Negative
- 1497.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 139,513
- Estimated revenue
- $1,393,735
- Game price
- $10
- Review ā sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 53.73%
- Estimated copies lost
- 368
- Estimated revenue lost
- $3,676
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ć Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ā¤ 2h playtime | 53.7% Avg playtime 1.5h | 75.2% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 53.7% Avg playtime 5.8h | 11787.3% Avg playtime 7.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 3.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,976.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
134 total
Organic purchasers8563.4%
Voted up: 98%
Key activations4936.6%
Voted up: 84%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
134 total
First impression0-2h2317.2%
Voted up: 74%
Mid game2-10h9671.6%
Voted up: 96%
Late game10-20h128.96%
Voted up: 100%
Endgame20h+32.24%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 92.5%
2 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,893 total.