Midnight Special Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-23
- Immersive atmosphere and excellent sound design
- Classic puzzle and point-and-click gameplay mechanics
- Unique storytelling and retro vibe
- Game plagued by bugs and frequent crashes
- Poor game guidance and high difficulty
- Save system and control issues
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
- 149
- Positive
- 12382.6%
- Negative
- 2617.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 10,095
- Estimated revenue
- $151,324
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 54.31%
- Estimated copies lost
- 339
- Estimated revenue lost
- $5,082
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 54.3% Avg playtime 1h | 1412.1% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1714.7% Avg playtime 5.1h | 8069% Avg playtime 6.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 36 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 379.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
116 total
Organic purchasers8169.8%
Voted up: 80%
Key activations3530.2%
Voted up: 83%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
116 total
First impression0-2h2824.1%
Voted up: 82%
Mid game2-10h8573.3%
Voted up: 81%
Late game10-20h10.86%
Voted up: 100%
Endgame20h+21.72%
Voted up: 50%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 81.0%
3 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 149 total.