Highguard

Last updated: 2026-01-27
  • Strong gunplay and responsive movement mechanics
  • Mounts significantly enhance mobility and fun
  • Free-to-play with fair monetization model
  • Severe performance and optimization issues
  • 3v3 mode mismatched with overly large maps
  • Unpolished launch with numerous bugs
Highguard header

Emotions

Frustration34%Disappointment14%Hope10%Enjoyment8%Satisfaction6%
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Mostly Negative (4/10)
Total reviews
23,110
Positive
7,70233.3%
Negative
15,40866.7%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
1,305,760
Estimated revenue
Not applicable
Game price
F2P
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
12,27953.03%
Estimated copies lost
693,788
Estimated revenue lost
Not applicable
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ɨ Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
12,32953.2%
Avg playtime 0.9h
2,1069.1%
Avg playtime 1.2h
> 2h playtime
3,10213.4%
Avg playtime 3.7h
5,62024.3%
Avg playtime 5.5h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day19,344.3 rev/day
Last 30d771.9 rev/day
Quarterly0 rev/qtr
Days covered1.2 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
23,157 total
Organic purchasers00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Key activations23,157100.0%
Voted up: 33%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
23,157 total
First impression0-2h16,74072.3%
Voted up: 21%
Mid game2-10h6,30227.2%
Voted up: 66%
Late game10-20h1100.48%
Voted up: 81%
Endgame20h+50.02%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.01% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
0.0%
Global baseline 33.4%
3 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 23,110 total.