Sand:box Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-06-20
  • Excellent value for money
  • Engaging sandbox experience
  • Creative nuclear features
  • Essential features missing
  • Rare updates and lazy development
  • Poor UI and control issues
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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
1,625
Positive
1,52193.6%
Negative
1046.4%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
126,237
Estimated revenue
$251,212
Game price
$2
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
344.00%
Estimated copies lost
2,641
Estimated revenue lost
$5,256
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ă— Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
344%
Avg playtime 0.7h
13616%
Avg playtime 0.9h
> 2h playtime
212.5%
Avg playtime 25.3h
65877.5%
Avg playtime 28.9h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0.7 rev/day
Last 30d1.9 rev/day
Quarterly33.8 rev/qtr
Days covered1,302.9 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
849 total
Organic purchasers80494.7%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations455.30%
Voted up: 96%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
849 total
First impression0-2h25530.0%
Voted up: 85%
Mid game2-10h37143.7%
Voted up: 97%
Late game10-20h9911.7%
Voted up: 98%
Endgame20h+12414.6%
Voted up: 95%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.24% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 93.5%
2 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,625 total.