Spelunky 2 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-07
- Improved over Spelunky HD
- Difficult but rewarding gameplay
- Highly fun and addictive
- Random and unpredictable deaths
- Stuck in early game
- Extreme difficulty and frustration
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
- 21,779
- Positive
- 20,21092.8%
- Negative
- 1,5697.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,569,021
- Estimated revenue
- $31,364,730
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 392.44%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,810
- Estimated revenue lost
- $56,172
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 392.4% Avg playtime 0.8h | 342.1% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1318.2% Avg playtime 70.6h | 1,39487.2% Avg playtime 166.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.8 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 3.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 47.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,106.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,598 total
Organic purchasers1,42489.1%
Voted up: 89%
Key activations17410.9%
Voted up: 89%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,598 total
First impression0-2h1197.45%
Voted up: 61%
Mid game2-10h28517.8%
Voted up: 86%
Late game10-20h20612.9%
Voted up: 92%
Endgame20h+98861.8%
Voted up: 93%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
90.3%
Global baseline 89.4%
31 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 21,779 total.