Ashes of Creation
Last updated: 2025-12-12
- Immersive dynamic world with player-driven evolution
- Satisfying PvP and hybrid class combat system
- Strong early access reception with transparent development
- Excessive grinding and repetitive gameplay loops
- Incomplete unpolished state with server issues
- Overpriced for current early access content
Emotions
Frustration28%Excitement18%Satisfaction17%Disappointment14%Joy6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mixed (5/10)
- Total reviews
- 2,880
- Positive
- 1,76661.3%
- Negative
- 1,11438.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 153,920
- Estimated revenue
- $7,694,461
- Game price
- $50
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 44415.41%
- Estimated copies lost
- 23,729
- Estimated revenue lost
- $1,186,213
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 44515.4% Avg playtime 0.9h | 1836.4% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 66823.2% Avg playtime 6.7h | 1,58555% Avg playtime 8.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 3,969.9 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 96 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 0.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,881 total
Organic purchasers1,66757.9%
Voted up: 44%
Key activations1,21442.1%
Voted up: 85%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,881 total
First impression0-2h1,49451.9%
Voted up: 50%
Mid game2-10h1,24443.2%
Voted up: 71%
Late game10-20h1424.93%
Voted up: 93%
Endgame20h+10.03%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
0.0%
Global baseline 61.4%
1 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 2,880 total.