The Message from Deep Space Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-01
- Satisfying and fascinating puzzles
- Unique and original experience
- Realistic alien communication simulation
- Strong emotional and thought-provoking story
- Hint system is intrusive
- Puzzles allow limited math tools
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
- 120
- Positive
- 11797.5%
- Negative
- 32.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 8,139
- Estimated revenue
- $81,309
- Game price
- $10
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 00.00%
- Estimated copies lost
- 0
- Estimated revenue lost
- $0
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 00% Avg playtime 0h | 76% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 32.6% Avg playtime 5.2h | 10691.4% Avg playtime 15.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 58.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 3.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
116 total
Organic purchasers9481.0%
Voted up: 97%
Key activations2219.0%
Voted up: 100%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
116 total
First impression0-2h2219.0%
Voted up: 100%
Mid game2-10h6858.6%
Voted up: 96%
Late game10-20h119.48%
Voted up: 100%
Endgame20h+1512.9%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
N/A
Global baseline 97.4%
0 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 120 total.