Black Ice Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-08-20
  • Stylish TRON-like visuals impressive
  • Active responsive developer praised
  • Enjoyable with friends co-op
  • UI is unintuitive poorly designed
  • Combat monotonous and repetitive
  • Bugs glitches present frequently
Black Ice header

Emotions

Archetypes

Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
Total reviews
673
Positive
64295.4%
Negative
314.6%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
45,269
Estimated revenue
$904,927
Game price
$20
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
32.75%
Estimated copies lost
202
Estimated revenue lost
$4,038
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ă— Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
32.8%
Avg playtime 1h
54.6%
Avg playtime 1.2h
> 2h playtime
21.8%
Avg playtime 6.7h
9990.8%
Avg playtime 38.9h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0 rev/day
Last 30d0.1 rev/day
Quarterly2.5 rev/qtr
Days covered4,391 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
109 total
Organic purchasers8376.1%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations2623.9%
Voted up: 96%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
109 total
First impression0-2h1311.9%
Voted up: 62%
Mid game2-10h4844.0%
Voted up: 100%
Late game10-20h1816.5%
Voted up: 100%
Endgame20h+3027.5%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.92% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 95.4%
1 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 673 total.