Beyond These Stars Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-10-18
  • Highly praised cozy city-builder
  • Satisfying depth and complexity
  • Beautiful art and presentation
  • Pollution system deeply flawed
  • Resource economy frustrating loop
  • Unfinished and buggy state
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Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB 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
71
Positive
5374.6%
Negative
1825.4%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
4,979
Estimated revenue
$149,320
Game price
$30
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
912.68%
Estimated copies lost
631
Estimated revenue lost
$18,924
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ă— Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
912.7%
Avg playtime 1.1h
1216.9%
Avg playtime 1.1h
> 2h playtime
912.7%
Avg playtime 6.3h
4157.7%
Avg playtime 6.9h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day57.6 rev/day
Last 30d2.4 rev/day
Quarterly0 rev/qtr
Days covered1.2 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
71 total
Organic purchasers6490.1%
Voted up: 77%
Key activations79.86%
Voted up: 57%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
71 total
First impression0-2h2738.0%
Voted up: 59%
Mid game2-10h4259.2%
Voted up: 86%
Late game10-20h22.82%
Voted up: 50%
Endgame20h+00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
2.82% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
50.0%
Global baseline 74.6%
2 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 71 total.