The Desolate Hope
Last updated: 2026-02-03
- Excellent soundtrack and audio design.
- Unique and beautiful visual style.
- Engaging and unique combat system.
- Challenging but rewarding gameplay experience.
- Gameplay and control issues reported.
- Unclear objectives and lack of guidance.
Emotions
Joy22%Frustration20%Enjoyment13%Excitement8%Appreciation8%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 1,754
- Positive
- 1,62292.5%
- Negative
- 1327.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 96,839
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 41.38%
- Estimated copies lost
- 221
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 41.4% Avg playtime 0.3h | 7927.3% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 41.4% Avg playtime 5.1h | 20269.9% Avg playtime 11.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.6 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 5.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,282.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
289 total
Organic purchasers134.50%
Voted up: 100%
Key activations27695.5%
Voted up: 97%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
289 total
First impression0-2h10034.6%
Voted up: 96%
Mid game2-10h13747.4%
Voted up: 97%
Late game10-20h3712.8%
Voted up: 100%
Endgame20h+155.19%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 97.2%
2 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,754 total.