Human Resource Machine
Last updated: 2025-12-26
- Engaging programming puzzles with high replay value
- Accessible to beginners with charming art
- Engaging storytelling and humor throughout
- Poor UI/UX design affects usability
- Limited instruction set restricts creativity
- Severe performance drops reported
Emotions
Frustration24%Satisfaction14%Enjoyment9%Amusement8%Nostalgia6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 4,545
- Positive
- 4,26793.9%
- Negative
- 2786.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 323,389
- Estimated revenue
- $4,847,601
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 61.48%
- Estimated copies lost
- 427
- Estimated revenue lost
- $6,401
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 61.5% Avg playtime 1.2h | 204.9% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 245.9% Avg playtime 10.3h | 35587.7% Avg playtime 14.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 8.9 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,715.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
405 total
Organic purchasers30274.6%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations10325.4%
Voted up: 91%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
405 total
First impression0-2h4611.4%
Voted up: 83%
Mid game2-10h21954.1%
Voted up: 93%
Late game10-20h8521.0%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+5513.6%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
77.8%
Global baseline 92.6%
9 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 4,545 total.