Rivals of Aether Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-02
- Extensive mod support and engaging gameplay
- Beautiful pixel art style
- Great for playing with friends
- High replayability and unique character playstyles
- Not beginner-friendly
- Significant performance issues
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 37,702
- Positive
- 36,17195.9%
- Negative
- 1,5314.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 2,648,700
- Estimated revenue
- $79,434,513
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 250.95%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,756
- Estimated revenue lost
- $52,662
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 261% Avg playtime 1h | 251% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 823.1% Avg playtime 102h | 2,49494.9% Avg playtime 92.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.7 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 6.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 40.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,905.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,627 total
Organic purchasers2,21784.4%
Voted up: 96%
Key activations41015.6%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,627 total
First impression0-2h1054.00%
Voted up: 73%
Mid game2-10h95736.4%
Voted up: 97%
Late game10-20h48118.3%
Voted up: 98%
Endgame20h+1,08441.3%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
97.6%
Global baseline 95.9%
83 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 37,702 total.