Static Dread: The Lighthouse Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-19
- Strong Lovecraftian horror atmosphere
- Multiple endings boost replayability
- Papers, Please inspired mechanics
- Repetitive gameplay becomes tedious
- Game is overly drawn out
- Poor Chinese localization
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositiveWindows 12-15GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 1,519
- Positive
- 1,37790.7%
- Negative
- 1429.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 116,539
- Estimated revenue
- $1,270,275
- Game price
- $11
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 141.53%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,074
- Estimated revenue lost
- $11,707
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 141.5% Avg playtime 0.5h | 202.2% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 768.3% Avg playtime 9.8h | 80588% Avg playtime 13.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 216 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 405.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
915 total
Organic purchasers83491.1%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations818.85%
Voted up: 91%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
915 total
First impression0-2h515.57%
Voted up: 71%
Mid game2-10h54359.3%
Voted up: 90%
Late game10-20h26829.3%
Voted up: 94%
Endgame20h+535.79%
Voted up: 92%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
88.6%
Global baseline 90.2%
35 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,519 total.