Cult of the Yellow King Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-05
- Immersive Lovecraftian theme and atmosphere
- Engaging and satisfying gameplay loop
- Well-written story and lore
- Upgrades and mechanics lack depth
- Currency and progression pacing issues
- UI/UX needs improvement
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
- 113
- Positive
- 9483.2%
- Negative
- 1916.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 8,427
- Estimated revenue
- $25,197
- Game price
- $3
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 65.31%
- Estimated copies lost
- 447
- Estimated revenue lost
- $1,337
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 65.3% Avg playtime 1.2h | 1311.5% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1311.5% Avg playtime 14.5h | 8171.7% Avg playtime 19.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.7 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 166.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
113 total
Organic purchasers10794.7%
Voted up: 82%
Key activations65.31%
Voted up: 100%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
113 total
First impression0-2h3127.4%
Voted up: 81%
Mid game2-10h5044.2%
Voted up: 88%
Late game10-20h2723.9%
Voted up: 81%
Endgame20h+54.42%
Voted up: 60%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 83.2%
1 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 113 total.