Don't Let It Starve Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-05
- Fun and addictive gameplay
- Roguelike mechanics praised
- Engaging puzzles and mystery
- Creepy unsettling atmosphere
- Gameplay becomes repetitive
- Bugs and crashes hinder
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
- 208
- Positive
- 19895.2%
- Negative
- 104.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 14,604
- Estimated revenue
- $116,686
- Game price
- $8
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 31.44%
- Estimated copies lost
- 211
- Estimated revenue lost
- $1,686
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 31.4% Avg playtime 0.8h | 2110.1% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 73.4% Avg playtime 9.1h | 17785.1% Avg playtime 14.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 82.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
208 total
Organic purchasers18488.5%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations2411.5%
Voted up: 96%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
208 total
First impression0-2h4923.6%
Voted up: 94%
Mid game2-10h12258.7%
Voted up: 95%
Late game10-20h2210.6%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+157.21%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
90.9%
Global baseline 95.2%
11 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 208 total.