MISERY Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-08-20
  • Game is highly praised
  • Better with friends
  • Atmosphere and visuals praised
  • Game is buggy unpolished
  • Economy and loot imbalances
  • Lack content and variety
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Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMmixed
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Very Positive (8/10)
Total reviews
25,388
Positive
21,24283.7%
Negative
4,14616.3%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
1,908,189
Estimated revenue
$24,787,375
Game price
$13
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
2,0938.24%
Estimated copies lost
157,312
Estimated revenue lost
$2,043,483
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
2,1038.3%
Avg playtime 0.8h
1,1354.5%
Avg playtime 1h
> 2h playtime
2,0418%
Avg playtime 18.6h
20,10779.2%
Avg playtime 30h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day84.5 rev/day
Last 30d26 rev/day
Quarterly8,360.5 rev/qtr
Days covered300.4 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
25,386 total
Organic purchasers19,40576.4%
Voted up: 86%
Key activations5,98123.6%
Voted up: 76%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
25,386 total
First impression0-2h4,49317.7%
Voted up: 51%
Mid game2-10h10,13739.9%
Voted up: 89%
Late game10-20h5,49721.7%
Voted up: 93%
Endgame20h+5,25920.7%
Voted up: 93%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.38% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
71.9%
Global baseline 83.7%
96 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 25,388 total.