Blades of Time Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-12
- Rewind mechanic is innovative
- Fast paced combat is fun
- Story is weak and unengaging
- Puzzles are frustrating and unclear
- Controls feel clunky
- Voice acting is poor
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 2,702
- Positive
- 2,12478.6%
- Negative
- 57821.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 189,614
- Estimated revenue
- $1,894,244
- Game price
- $10
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 217.72%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,474
- Estimated revenue lost
- $14,725
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 217.7% Avg playtime 0.9h | 279.9% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 3111.4% Avg playtime 8.4h | 19371% Avg playtime 15.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 4.5 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,734.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
272 total
Organic purchasers16861.8%
Voted up: 79%
Key activations10438.2%
Voted up: 85%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
272 total
First impression0-2h5721.0%
Voted up: 63%
Mid game2-10h11441.9%
Voted up: 79%
Late game10-20h6624.3%
Voted up: 91%
Endgame20h+3512.9%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 80.9%
5 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 2,702 total.