Hand of Fate: Hordes Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-25
- Classic Hand of Fate atmosphere
- Deep strategic and meta-progression
- Unique and varied gameplay loop
- Missing mouse aiming support
- Uninspired metaprogression
- Disappointing franchise departure
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
- 131
- Positive
- 11285.5%
- Negative
- 1914.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 8,485
- Estimated revenue
- $101,735
- Game price
- $12
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1310.00%
- Estimated copies lost
- 842
- Estimated revenue lost
- $10,096
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1310% Avg playtime 0.8h | 4030.8% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 64.6% Avg playtime 6.6h | 7154.6% Avg playtime 7.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 49.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 4.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
130 total
Organic purchasers11991.5%
Voted up: 86%
Key activations118.46%
Voted up: 82%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
130 total
First impression0-2h8464.6%
Voted up: 83%
Mid game2-10h3930.0%
Voted up: 87%
Late game10-20h75.38%
Voted up: 100%
Endgame20h+00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
87.5%
Global baseline 85.4%
8 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 131 total.