TIS-100

Last updated: 2025-12-22
  • Highly engaging programming puzzles challenge players
  • Addictive and progressive gameplay keeps players hooked
  • Unique assembly-like language offers distinct experience
  • Extreme difficulty alienates non-programmers quickly
  • Poor onboarding frustrates new players constantly
  • Skills lack transferability to modern programming
TIS-100 header

Emotions

Frustration19%Satisfaction16%Excitement6%Enjoyment5%Nostalgia5%
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
Total reviews
3,992
Positive
3,86396.8%
Negative
1293.2%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
297,614
Estimated revenue
$2,080,322
Game price
$7
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
20.67%
Estimated copies lost
149
Estimated revenue lost
$1,042
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
20.7%
Avg playtime 0.6h
196.4%
Avg playtime 1h
> 2h playtime
41.3%
Avg playtime 11.7h
27291.6%
Avg playtime 57.2h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0.1 rev/day
Last 30d0.9 rev/day
Quarterly5.6 rev/qtr
Days covered3,849.2 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
297 total
Organic purchasers25485.5%
Voted up: 98%
Key activations4314.5%
Voted up: 98%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
297 total
First impression0-2h3511.8%
Voted up: 94%
Mid game2-10h11639.1%
Voted up: 97%
Late game10-20h6622.2%
Voted up: 98%
Endgame20h+8026.9%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.00% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
N/A
Global baseline 98.0%
0 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 3,992 total.