Exanima Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-08-21
  • Highly enjoyable and fun game
  • Physics-based combat impressively realistic
  • Arena mode great for practice
  • Infrequent updates frustrate players
  • Controls difficult initially to master
  • Brutal difficulty may deter casuals
Exanima header

Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB VRAMmixedWindows 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
13,850
Positive
11,09880.1%
Negative
2,75219.9%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
1,012,656
Estimated revenue
$15,179,713
Game price
$15
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
1147.35%
Estimated copies lost
8,335
Estimated revenue lost
$124,942
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ă— Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
1147.3%
Avg playtime 0.8h
312%
Avg playtime 1.2h
> 2h playtime
35122.6%
Avg playtime 46.4h
1,05668%
Avg playtime 84.6h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0.4 rev/day
Last 30d3.7 rev/day
Quarterly20.2 rev/qtr
Days covered4,130.8 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,552 total
Organic purchasers1,41090.9%
Voted up: 71%
Key activations1429.15%
Voted up: 56%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,552 total
First impression0-2h17211.1%
Voted up: 29%
Mid game2-10h34522.2%
Voted up: 65%
Late game10-20h23915.4%
Voted up: 77%
Endgame20h+79651.3%
Voted up: 79%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.84% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
61.5%
Global baseline 70.0%
13 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 13,850 total.