The Forever Winter
Last updated: 2026-01-04
- Exceptional art and immersive atmosphere
- Engaging scavenging and stealth gameplay
- Unique extraction shooter mechanics
- Repetitive and grindy gameplay loop
- Numerous bugs and unpolished state
- Poor optimization and performance issues
Emotions
Frustration35%Disappointment14%Hope8%Excitement7%Appreciation6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 22,237
- Positive
- 15,63670.3%
- Negative
- 6,60129.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,476,432
- Estimated revenue
- $44,278,196
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 5819.61%
- Estimated copies lost
- 38,576
- Estimated revenue lost
- $1,156,894
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 5819.6% Avg playtime 0.9h | 1262.1% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,68327.8% Avg playtime 35.7h | 3,65560.5% Avg playtime 59.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 12.9 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 18.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 617.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 466.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
6,045 total
Organic purchasers4,91381.3%
Voted up: 63%
Key activations1,13218.7%
Voted up: 60%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
6,045 total
First impression0-2h86414.3%
Voted up: 26%
Mid game2-10h1,82130.1%
Voted up: 61%
Late game10-20h1,06317.6%
Voted up: 71%
Endgame20h+2,29738.0%
Voted up: 74%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
82.6%
Global baseline 62.5%
23 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 22,237 total.