Deadzone: Rogue Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-20
- Game is fundamentally fun and enjoyable
- Gameplay is solid, decent, and serviceable
- Challenging and engaging difficulty
- Premature sequel announcement
- First game feels unfinished
- Game abandoned for sequel
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB VRAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 15,698
- Positive
- 12,98482.7%
- Negative
- 2,71417.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,192,368
- Estimated revenue
- $29,797,276
- Game price
- $25
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 3122.78%
- Estimated copies lost
- 23,698
- Estimated revenue lost
- $592,213
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 3122.8% Avg playtime 0.9h | 1081% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,66314.8% Avg playtime 38.6h | 9,13281.4% Avg playtime 47.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 26.9 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 15.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 2,170.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 416.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
11,215 total
Organic purchasers10,05789.7%
Voted up: 82%
Key activations1,15810.3%
Voted up: 83%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
11,215 total
First impression0-2h8057.18%
Voted up: 58%
Mid game2-10h3,56731.8%
Voted up: 86%
Late game10-20h2,73824.4%
Voted up: 86%
Endgame20h+4,10536.6%
Voted up: 81%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
81.5%
Global baseline 82.4%
232 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 15,698 total.