Menace from the Deep Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-27
- Engaging fun deck-building gameplay
- Strong Lovecraftian theme and atmosphere
- Highly addictive roguelike card game
- Unique card upgrade system
- Poor game balance
- Poor story and writing
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 8-11GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 2,647
- Positive
- 2,23884.5%
- Negative
- 40915.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 223,585
- Estimated revenue
- $3,798,709
- Game price
- $17
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 481.81%
- Estimated copies lost
- 4,054
- Estimated revenue lost
- $68,877
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 481.8% Avg playtime 0.9h | 391.5% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 36113.6% Avg playtime 20.1h | 2,19983.1% Avg playtime 43.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 3.7 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 332.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 714.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,647 total
Organic purchasers2,49394.2%
Voted up: 85%
Key activations1545.82%
Voted up: 85%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,647 total
First impression0-2h2138.05%
Voted up: 71%
Mid game2-10h87933.2%
Voted up: 78%
Late game10-20h59322.4%
Voted up: 85%
Endgame20h+96236.3%
Voted up: 93%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
87.5%
Global baseline 84.5%
56 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 2,647 total.