Hot Lava
Last updated: 2026-01-11
- High replayability and variety in gameplay
- Engaging and accessible movement mechanics
- Casual and relaxing gameplay experience
- Repetitive and boring gameplay over time
- Frustrating quest and collectible design
- Lack of updates and abandonment issues
Emotions
Frustration16%Disappointment13%Satisfaction12%Excitement10%Nostalgia10%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 6,022
- Positive
- 5,61093.2%
- Negative
- 4126.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 435,540
- Estimated revenue
- $8,706,445
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 203.45%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,446
- Estimated revenue lost
- $28,906
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 203.4% Avg playtime 0.7h | 488.3% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 223.8% Avg playtime 12.4h | 49084.5% Avg playtime 40.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 14.9 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,305 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
580 total
Organic purchasers52590.5%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations559.48%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
580 total
First impression0-2h9917.1%
Voted up: 80%
Mid game2-10h28348.8%
Voted up: 95%
Late game10-20h9917.1%
Voted up: 94%
Endgame20h+9917.1%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 92.8%
3 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 6,022 total.