Super Meat Boy Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-06-23
  • Excellent platformer with fair difficulty
  • Great level design and tight controls
  • Addictive gameplay and good value
  • Extreme difficulty frustrates players
  • Keyboard controls have input lag
  • Linux version is broken
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Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows 8-11GB VRAMmixedWindows 16GB+ VRAMpositive
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Very Positive (8/10)
Total reviews
38,550
Positive
36,32894.2%
Negative
2,2225.8%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
2,723,356
Estimated revenue
$40,823,106
Game price
$15
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
1143.30%
Estimated copies lost
8,054
Estimated revenue lost
$120,729
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
1153.3%
Avg playtime 0.7h
3449.9%
Avg playtime 1h
> 2h playtime
2166.2%
Avg playtime 14.6h
2,78480.5%
Avg playtime 24.1h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0.8 rev/day
Last 30d20.5 rev/day
Quarterly29.4 rev/qtr
Days covered4,593.7 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
3,459 total
Organic purchasers3,13190.5%
Voted up: 91%
Key activations3289.48%
Voted up: 89%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
3,458 total
First impression0-2h64318.6%
Voted up: 79%
Mid game2-10h1,63147.2%
Voted up: 92%
Late game10-20h56516.3%
Voted up: 94%
Endgame20h+61917.9%
Voted up: 95%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
1.76% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
85.2%
Global baseline 90.4%
61 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 38,550 total.