Kernel Hearts Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-18
- Engaging and fun gameplay
- Deep characters and story
- Satisfying combat mechanics
- High visual and artistic quality
- Game needs more polish
- Visuals and animations feel unfinished
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
- 74
- Positive
- 6081.1%
- Negative
- 1418.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 5,205
- Estimated revenue
- $104,048
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 913.64%
- Estimated copies lost
- 633
- Estimated revenue lost
- $12,654
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 913.6% Avg playtime 1.1h | 1725.8% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 46.1% Avg playtime 5.9h | 3654.5% Avg playtime 5.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 93.7 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 2.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 0.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
66 total
Organic purchasers5989.4%
Voted up: 80%
Key activations710.6%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
66 total
First impression0-2h3756.1%
Voted up: 76%
Mid game2-10h2537.9%
Voted up: 84%
Late game10-20h46.06%
Voted up: 100%
Endgame20h+00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 80.3%
1 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 74 total.