Nocturnal 2 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-11-14
- Strong visual upgrade overall
- Smooth and responsive movement
- Metroidvania genre identity shines
- Satisfying combat and aerial combos
- Sequel adds nothing new
- Combat lacks depth and variety
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
- 91
- Positive
- 8896.7%
- Negative
- 33.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 6,372
- Estimated revenue
- $57,284
- Game price
- $9
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 11.10%
- Estimated copies lost
- 70
- Estimated revenue lost
- $629
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 11.1% Avg playtime 2h | 2224.2% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 22.2% Avg playtime 3h | 6672.5% Avg playtime 7.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 26.7 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
91 total
Organic purchasers8087.9%
Voted up: 96%
Key activations1112.1%
Voted up: 100%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
91 total
First impression0-2h3437.4%
Voted up: 97%
Mid game2-10h4852.7%
Voted up: 96%
Late game10-20h88.79%
Voted up: 100%
Endgame20h+11.10%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 96.7%
3 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 91 total.