Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-02
- Fun and enjoyable gameplay
- Strong platforming mechanics
- Exceptional soundtrack and music
- Charming pixel art style
- Game difficulty issues
- Plague of Shadows criticized
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
- 16,707
- Positive
- 15,97095.6%
- Negative
- 7374.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,184,205
- Estimated revenue
- $47,356,358
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 101.19%
- Estimated copies lost
- 709
- Estimated revenue lost
- $28,353
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 101.2% Avg playtime 1.2h | 202.4% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 627.4% Avg playtime 16.9h | 74989.1% Avg playtime 42.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 4.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 12.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,359.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
841 total
Organic purchasers71785.3%
Voted up: 91%
Key activations12414.7%
Voted up: 94%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
841 total
First impression0-2h475.59%
Voted up: 79%
Mid game2-10h26431.4%
Voted up: 84%
Late game10-20h17520.8%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+35542.2%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
85.4%
Global baseline 91.4%
48 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 16,707 total.