Retrowave 2 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-04
- Synthwave atmosphere highly praised
- Improved over its predecessor
- Beautiful visuals and maps
- Inferior controls and steering
- Little new content added
- Repetitive and boring gameplay
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMnegativeWindows 8-11GB 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
- 431
- Positive
- 37887.7%
- Negative
- 5312.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 30,371
- Estimated revenue
- $151,551
- Game price
- $5
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 309.23%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,114
- Estimated revenue lost
- $10,549
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 309.2% Avg playtime 0.8h | 8225.2% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 175.2% Avg playtime 4.1h | 19660.3% Avg playtime 27.3h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 34.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 606.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
325 total
Organic purchasers29289.8%
Voted up: 88%
Key activations3310.2%
Voted up: 67%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
325 total
First impression0-2h15948.9%
Voted up: 79%
Mid game2-10h14945.8%
Voted up: 91%
Late game10-20h113.38%
Voted up: 100%
Endgame20h+61.85%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
91.7%
Global baseline 85.5%
12 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 431 total.