Herald: An Interactive Period Drama - Book I & II Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-28
- Choice-driven narrative gameplay with compelling story
- Beautiful art and graphics with unique setting
- Enjoyable characters and top-notch voice acting
- Save system issues and technical problems
- Graphics quality concerns and animation issues
- Game feels unfinished and lacks impactful choices
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 152
- Positive
- 13790.1%
- Negative
- 159.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 11,522
- Estimated revenue
- $138,149
- Game price
- $12
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 11.00%
- Estimated copies lost
- 76
- Estimated revenue lost
- $911
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 11% Avg playtime 0.5h | 55% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1010% Avg playtime 6.3h | 8484% Avg playtime 6.3h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 3.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,364.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
100 total
Organic purchasers7070.0%
Voted up: 89%
Key activations3030.0%
Voted up: 90%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
100 total
First impression0-2h88.00%
Voted up: 75%
Mid game2-10h8282.0%
Voted up: 91%
Late game10-20h88.00%
Voted up: 75%
Endgame20h+22.00%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
N/A
Global baseline 89.0%
0 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 152 total.