Plains of Pain Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-26
- Responsive developer updates
- Survival crafting and building
- Mad Max aesthetic
- Vehicle disappearance bugs
- Game lacks polish
- Combat feels clunky
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB VRAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 899
- Positive
- 74983.3%
- Negative
- 15016.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 63,374
- Estimated revenue
- $1,266,846
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 355.99%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,467
- Estimated revenue lost
- $49,315
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 356% Avg playtime 0.8h | 91.5% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 6411% Avg playtime 53.5h | 47681.5% Avg playtime 106.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 2.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 23.5 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,091.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
584 total
Organic purchasers54893.8%
Voted up: 83%
Key activations366.16%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
584 total
First impression0-2h579.76%
Voted up: 39%
Mid game2-10h11920.4%
Voted up: 81%
Late game10-20h8514.6%
Voted up: 91%
Endgame20h+32355.3%
Voted up: 90%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 83.0%
1 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 899 total.