Red Glare Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-07
- Classic Commandos-style tactical gameplay
- Impressive for solo developer
- Large and varied missions
- Game is extremely buggy
- Characters get stuck frequently
- Controls are unresponsive
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 77
- Positive
- 5470.1%
- Negative
- 2329.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 6,461
- Estimated revenue
- $96,850
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1012.99%
- Estimated copies lost
- 839
- Estimated revenue lost
- $12,577
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1013% Avg playtime 0.7h | 1114.3% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 1316.9% Avg playtime 30h | 4355.8% Avg playtime 36.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 7.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 951.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
77 total
Organic purchasers6381.8%
Voted up: 67%
Key activations1418.2%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
77 total
First impression0-2h2532.5%
Voted up: 60%
Mid game2-10h1924.7%
Voted up: 58%
Late game10-20h1316.9%
Voted up: 85%
Endgame20h+2026.0%
Voted up: 85%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
N/A
Global baseline 70.1%
0 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 77 total.