StarVaders Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-23
- Distinct characters and mechs
- Excellent roguelike deckbuilder
- Mechs and pilots distinct playstyles
- Roguelike card game identity
- Difficulty too easy or unfair
- Gameplay feels repetitive and boring
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 4,387
- Positive
- 4,25497.0%
- Negative
- 1333.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 292,215
- Estimated revenue
- $7,302,453
- Game price
- $25
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 221.38%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,465
- Estimated revenue lost
- $36,610
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 221.4% Avg playtime 0.7h | 332.1% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 543.4% Avg playtime 17.9h | 1,49093.2% Avg playtime 38.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 3.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 288.5 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 509.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,599 total
Organic purchasers1,14071.3%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations45928.7%
Voted up: 96%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,599 total
First impression0-2h1187.38%
Voted up: 79%
Mid game2-10h50731.7%
Voted up: 93%
Late game10-20h43927.5%
Voted up: 99%
Endgame20h+53533.5%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
97.2%
Global baseline 95.2%
141 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 4,387 total.