Novus Orbis Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-04
- Combo system praised highly
- Excellent deckbuilding roguelike
- Pixel art looks great
- Early access lacks content
- Balance issues across classes
- Softlock and freezing bugs
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
- 117
- Positive
- 10791.5%
- Negative
- 108.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 7,727
- Estimated revenue
- $115,828
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 21.83%
- Estimated copies lost
- 132
- Estimated revenue lost
- $1,979
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 21.8% Avg playtime 1.3h | 87.3% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 87.3% Avg playtime 6.8h | 9183.5% Avg playtime 35.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 19.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 559.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
109 total
Organic purchasers5853.2%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations5146.8%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
109 total
First impression0-2h1614.7%
Voted up: 88%
Mid game2-10h4844.0%
Voted up: 85%
Late game10-20h2623.9%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+1917.4%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 90.8%
2 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 117 total.