Sword of the Stars: The Pit Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-07
- Highly addictive and engaging
- Unique sci-fi setting
- Intuitive controls and interface
- Game is extremely difficult
- Crafting failures waste materials
- Recipe system is frustrating
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 1,554
- Positive
- 1,29483.3%
- Negative
- 26016.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 123,776
- Estimated revenue
- $1,236,522
- Game price
- $10
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 21.61%
- Estimated copies lost
- 159
- Estimated revenue lost
- $1,588
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 21.6% Avg playtime 1h | 43.2% Avg playtime 1.4h |
| > 2h playtime | 3225.8% Avg playtime 62.8h | 8669.4% Avg playtime 319.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 2.9 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,890.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
124 total
Organic purchasers8770.2%
Voted up: 72%
Key activations3729.8%
Voted up: 73%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
124 total
First impression0-2h64.84%
Voted up: 67%
Mid game2-10h2116.9%
Voted up: 57%
Late game10-20h1612.9%
Voted up: 56%
Endgame20h+8165.3%
Voted up: 80%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
N/A
Global baseline 72.6%
0 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,554 total.