Noctuary
Last updated: 2026-02-14
- Outstanding story and narrative experience.
- Excellent art and music enhancement.
- Enjoyable and well-developed character arcs.
- Criticisms of the combat system mechanics.
- Pacing issues between combat and narrative.
- Technical and design flaws present.
Emotions
Players experience joy primarily due to the game's beautiful art style, evocative music, and engaging storyline. The character relationships, varied combat styles, and well-crafted plot with thematic exploration also contribute significantly to this positive emotion.
Frustration stems from challenging combat scenarios, poor combat and level design, and a lack of invincibility frames. Additionally, the immersion is hindered by internet terms, subculture jokes, and the absence of a skip button for dialogues.
Disappointment arises from an unsatisfying ending, lack of emotional impact, and unresolved foreshadowing. Players also feel let down by the combat system, character relationships, and the pacing of the story.
Players admire the game's plot, art, music, and gameplay mechanics. The high-quality visuals, narrative, and character development are also highly praised.
Sadness is evoked by the emotional themes, character struggles, and impactful character deaths in the story. The bittersweet endings and themes of sacrifice and loss also contribute to this emotion.
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 2,445
- Positive
- 2,33895.6%
- Negative
- 1074.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 181,064
- Estimated revenue
- $5,430,109
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 80.71%
- Estimated copies lost
- 592
- Estimated revenue lost
- $17,754
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 80.7% Avg playtime 1.1h | 262.3% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 504.4% Avg playtime 20.6h | 1,04392.5% Avg playtime 37.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 2.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 76.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 809.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,127 total
Organic purchasers1,06294.2%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations655.77%
Voted up: 92%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,127 total
First impression0-2h605.32%
Voted up: 85%
Mid game2-10h1039.14%
Voted up: 85%
Late game10-20h1049.23%
Voted up: 84%
Endgame20h+86076.3%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
96.4%
Global baseline 94.9%
28 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 2,445 total.