Shape of Dreams Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-01
- Unique and diverse characters
- Fun and chaotic co-op
- Excellent roguelike gameplay
- Beautiful visuals and style
- Online multiplayer connection issues
- Repetitive maps and content
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 8-11GB VRAMnegativeWindows 12-15GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 20,973
- Positive
- 18,87490.0%
- Negative
- 2,09910.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,406,747
- Estimated revenue
- $35,154,608
- Game price
- $25
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1381.08%
- Estimated copies lost
- 9,256
- Estimated revenue lost
- $231,307
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1381.1% Avg playtime 0.9h | 640.5% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 9217.2% Avg playtime 41.7h | 11,70591.2% Avg playtime 57.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 33.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 25.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 2,492 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 385.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
12,828 total
Organic purchasers9,36973.0%
Voted up: 91%
Key activations3,45927.0%
Voted up: 93%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
12,828 total
First impression0-2h4373.41%
Voted up: 58%
Mid game2-10h3,52127.4%
Voted up: 91%
Late game10-20h2,87322.4%
Voted up: 93%
Endgame20h+5,99746.7%
Voted up: 94%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
88.9%
Global baseline 91.7%
162 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 20,973 total.