Schism Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-20
- Excellent and fun game
- Great roguelike twin-stick shooter
- High build variety and synergies
- Learning curve is too steep
- UI and interface are overwhelming
- Game balance is problematic
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
- 166
- Positive
- 16096.4%
- Negative
- 63.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 12,178
- Estimated revenue
- $146,014
- Game price
- $12
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 10.85%
- Estimated copies lost
- 73
- Estimated revenue lost
- $875
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 10.8% Avg playtime 0.6h | 2016.9% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 32.5% Avg playtime 16.3h | 9479.7% Avg playtime 29h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 10.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 976.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
118 total
Organic purchasers9681.4%
Voted up: 97%
Key activations2218.6%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
118 total
First impression0-2h3529.7%
Voted up: 97%
Mid game2-10h4538.1%
Voted up: 96%
Late game10-20h1714.4%
Voted up: 100%
Endgame20h+2117.8%
Voted up: 95%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 96.6%
3 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 166 total.