SLUDGE LIFE 2 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-06
- Strong improvement over the original
- Enjoyable island exploration and soundtrack
- Funny dialogues and multiple endings
- Less engaging and fun than original
- Shorter and less content than original
- Too similar to first game overall
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 1,416
- Positive
- 1,36996.7%
- Negative
- 473.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 110,350
- Estimated revenue
- $1,654,147
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 41.29%
- Estimated copies lost
- 312
- Estimated revenue lost
- $4,677
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 41.3% Avg playtime 0.2h | 113.6% Avg playtime 1.4h |
| > 2h playtime | 175.5% Avg playtime 3.8h | 27789.6% Avg playtime 5.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.6 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 15.8 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,195.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
309 total
Organic purchasers29194.2%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations185.83%
Voted up: 94%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
309 total
First impression0-2h258.09%
Voted up: 84%
Mid game2-10h26886.7%
Voted up: 94%
Late game10-20h154.85%
Voted up: 100%
Endgame20h+10.32%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
94.4%
Global baseline 93.2%
18 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,416 total.