Hand of Fate: Hordes Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-29
- Fun and well-made game
- Addictive survivors-like genre hybrid
- Solid core gameplay foundation
- Good graphics and design
- Missing deckbuilding feature
- High difficulty and frustration
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAMpositiveWindows <8GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 370
- Positive
- 29178.6%
- Negative
- 7921.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 24,882
- Estimated revenue
- $298,335
- Game price
- $12
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 4111.08%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,757
- Estimated revenue lost
- $33,056
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 4111.1% Avg playtime 0.9h | 4211.4% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 3810.3% Avg playtime 9.8h | 24967.3% Avg playtime 20.3h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 3.8 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.6 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 96.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
370 total
Organic purchasers33089.2%
Voted up: 78%
Key activations4010.8%
Voted up: 83%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
370 total
First impression0-2h14338.6%
Voted up: 69%
Mid game2-10h14940.3%
Voted up: 85%
Late game10-20h5214.1%
Voted up: 85%
Endgame20h+267.03%
Voted up: 88%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
70.8%
Global baseline 78.6%
24 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 370 total.