Sunken Engine Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-11
- Fun and enjoyable gameplay
- Lovecraftian atmosphere praised
- Engaging story and immersion
- Very buggy experience
- Early access incompleteness
- Clunky controls and UI
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 820
- Positive
- 68283.2%
- Negative
- 13816.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 61,536
- Estimated revenue
- $922,425
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 607.32%
- Estimated copies lost
- 4,503
- Estimated revenue lost
- $67,500
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 607.3% Avg playtime 0.7h | 668% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 789.5% Avg playtime 11.8h | 61675.1% Avg playtime 14.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 313.5 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 329.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
820 total
Organic purchasers75792.3%
Voted up: 82%
Key activations637.68%
Voted up: 97%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
820 total
First impression0-2h17321.1%
Voted up: 61%
Mid game2-10h46256.3%
Voted up: 90%
Late game10-20h14717.9%
Voted up: 88%
Endgame20h+384.63%
Voted up: 79%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
28.6%
Global baseline 83.2%
14 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 820 total.