The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-16
- Atmosphere and sound praised
- Co-op with friends great
- Gameplay varied and addictive
- Missing combat and movement mechanics
- Performance and optimization issues
- Game feels unfinished
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mixed (5/10)
- Total reviews
- 706
- Positive
- 44462.9%
- Negative
- 26237.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 48,920
- Estimated revenue
- $1,467,111
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 17324.37%
- Estimated copies lost
- 11,988
- Estimated revenue lost
- $359,520
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 17524.6% Avg playtime 1h | 16523.2% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 8812.4% Avg playtime 4.3h | 28239.7% Avg playtime 5.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 760.8 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 23.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 0.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
710 total
Organic purchasers61386.3%
Voted up: 62%
Key activations9713.7%
Voted up: 66%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
710 total
First impression0-2h41057.7%
Voted up: 54%
Mid game2-10h29040.8%
Voted up: 75%
Late game10-20h101.41%
Voted up: 80%
Endgame20h+00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 63.0%
2 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 706 total.