Dauntless Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-17
- Core gameplay remains fun
- Nostalgia and visuals praised
- Intense fights and crafting valued
- Weapons locked behind paywall
- Battle pass became predatory
- Persistent technical and performance issues
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Negative (4/10)
- Total reviews
- 2,092
- Positive
- 48723.3%
- Negative
- 1,60576.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 146,807
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 6838.20%
- Estimated copies lost
- 4,772
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 6838.2% Avg playtime 0.6h | 158.4% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 5832.6% Avg playtime 20.8h | 3720.8% Avg playtime 23.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 24.8 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 607 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
178 total
Organic purchasers178100.0%
Voted up: 29%
Key activations00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
178 total
First impression0-2h8648.3%
Voted up: 17%
Mid game2-10h6033.7%
Voted up: 33%
Late game10-20h126.74%
Voted up: 42%
Endgame20h+2011.2%
Voted up: 60%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
16.7%
Global baseline 29.2%
6 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 2,092 total.