Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-04
- Strong audio and music
- Impressive graphics and art
- Efficient character switching praised
- Frequent game crashes hinder play
- Poor performance optimization issues
- Incomplete story only Book 1
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mixed (5/10)
- Total reviews
- 449
- Positive
- 26659.2%
- Negative
- 18340.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 34,448
- Estimated revenue
- $1,033,096
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 54.95%
- Estimated copies lost
- 384
- Estimated revenue lost
- $11,516
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 55% Avg playtime 1.1h | 65.9% Avg playtime 0.7h |
| > 2h playtime | 3534.7% Avg playtime 16.2h | 5554.5% Avg playtime 23.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 3.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,252.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
101 total
Organic purchasers6261.4%
Voted up: 58%
Key activations3938.6%
Voted up: 64%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
101 total
First impression0-2h1211.9%
Voted up: 58%
Mid game2-10h2928.7%
Voted up: 59%
Late game10-20h3029.7%
Voted up: 57%
Endgame20h+3029.7%
Voted up: 67%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
N/A
Global baseline 60.4%
0 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 449 total.