Deep Among the Swarm Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-22
- Fantastic and fun overall game
- Addictive satisfying gameplay loop
- Deep RTS roguelite hybrid
- Pleasing pixel art and sound
- Excessive grinding and repetition
- Confusing crafting and upgrade UI
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
- 141
- Positive
- 12286.5%
- Negative
- 1913.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 11,995
- Estimated revenue
- $107,835
- Game price
- $9
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 54.95%
- Estimated copies lost
- 425
- Estimated revenue lost
- $3,821
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 55% Avg playtime 1.1h | 22% Avg playtime 1.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 1413.9% Avg playtime 32.2h | 8079.2% Avg playtime 53.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 15.5 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 635.1 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 purchasers9695.0%
Voted up: 80%
Key activations54.95%
Voted up: 100%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
101 total
First impression0-2h1211.9%
Voted up: 50%
Mid game2-10h3534.7%
Voted up: 89%
Late game10-20h1817.8%
Voted up: 72%
Endgame20h+3635.6%
Voted up: 89%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 81.2%
2 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 141 total.