Deathsmiles Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-24
- Classic bullet hell shmup
- Great music and soundtrack
- Fun and addictive gameplay
- Adjustable difficulty per stage
- Difficulty and Foreknowledge Demands
- Sexualized Character Designs
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
- 629
- Positive
- 60295.7%
- Negative
- 274.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 49,826
- Estimated revenue
- $996,022
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 42.60%
- Estimated copies lost
- 317
- Estimated revenue lost
- $6,337
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 42.6% Avg playtime 1.2h | 1711% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 85.2% Avg playtime 17.4h | 12581.2% Avg playtime 27.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 4.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,849 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
154 total
Organic purchasers14090.9%
Voted up: 94%
Key activations149.09%
Voted up: 79%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
154 total
First impression0-2h3522.7%
Voted up: 86%
Mid game2-10h8051.9%
Voted up: 95%
Late game10-20h2415.6%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+159.74%
Voted up: 87%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
85.7%
Global baseline 92.2%
7 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 629 total.