Homicipher Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-02
- High replayability with endings
- Engaging language deciphering mechanic
- Unique character personalities shine
- Endings feel rushed and unfinished
- Game feels too expensive
- Most endings are low quality
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
- 8,341
- Positive
- 8,06496.7%
- Negative
- 2773.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 644,535
- Estimated revenue
- $9,017,045
- Game price
- $14
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 80.52%
- Estimated copies lost
- 618
- Estimated revenue lost
- $8,646
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 80.5% Avg playtime 0.9h | 201.3% Avg playtime 1.4h |
| > 2h playtime | 372.4% Avg playtime 7.9h | 1,46695.8% Avg playtime 13.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 2.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 133.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 699.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,531 total
Organic purchasers1,42392.9%
Voted up: 97%
Key activations1087.05%
Voted up: 99%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,531 total
First impression0-2h634.11%
Voted up: 86%
Mid game2-10h99665.1%
Voted up: 97%
Late game10-20h37624.6%
Voted up: 98%
Endgame20h+966.27%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
94.4%
Global baseline 97.1%
18 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 8,341 total.