Rivals of Aether II Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-02
- Top-tier platform fighter experience
- Unique and well-designed characters
- Polished and crisp gameplay
- Floorhugging mechanic is problematic
- Game is not casual friendly
- Matchmaking needs improvement
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMmixedWindows 8-11GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 9,469
- Positive
- 7,57180.0%
- Negative
- 1,89820.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 657,507
- Estimated revenue
- $19,718,635
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 913.84%
- Estimated copies lost
- 6,319
- Estimated revenue lost
- $189,507
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 913.8% Avg playtime 0.9h | 371.6% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 53322.5% Avg playtime 119.4h | 1,70972.1% Avg playtime 232.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 5.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 273.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 586.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,370 total
Organic purchasers1,65369.7%
Voted up: 73%
Key activations71730.3%
Voted up: 75%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,370 total
First impression0-2h1837.72%
Voted up: 40%
Mid game2-10h42718.0%
Voted up: 67%
Late game10-20h27211.5%
Voted up: 76%
Endgame20h+1,48862.8%
Voted up: 79%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
77.3%
Global baseline 73.7%
75 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 9,469 total.