Scrap Mechanic Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-20
- Physics-based building sandbox gameplay
- Update greatly improved game
- Encourages creativity and building
- Seeker bot is annoying
- Survival mode feels like afterthought
- Performance issues and instability
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 122,881
- Positive
- 112,81391.8%
- Negative
- 10,0688.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 8,039,545
- Estimated revenue
- $233,066,410
- Game price
- $29
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 840.78%
- Estimated copies lost
- 5,496
- Estimated revenue lost
- $159,329
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 860.8% Avg playtime 1.2h | 730.7% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,33012.4% Avg playtime 190.6h | 9,22386.1% Avg playtime 239.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2.8 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 37.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 119.5 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,892.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
10,712 total
Organic purchasers9,19585.8%
Voted up: 87%
Key activations1,51714.2%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
10,712 total
First impression0-2h2542.37%
Voted up: 59%
Mid game2-10h1,52914.3%
Voted up: 86%
Late game10-20h1,13910.6%
Voted up: 88%
Endgame20h+7,79072.7%
Voted up: 88%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
95.7%
Global baseline 86.8%
23 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 122,881 total.