That Dragon, Cancer Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-24
- Beautiful moving story praised highly
- True story adds realism depth
- Religious themes alienate some players
- Very short game length disappointing
- Poor clunky controls frustrating gameplay
- Confusing progression and direction unclear
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
- 1,552
- Positive
- 1,40390.4%
- Negative
- 1499.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 115,102
- Estimated revenue
- $1,149,869
- Game price
- $10
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 21.16%
- Estimated copies lost
- 148
- Estimated revenue lost
- $1,479
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 21.2% Avg playtime 1.4h | 8750.6% Avg playtime 1.6h |
| > 2h playtime | 10.6% Avg playtime 2.9h | 8247.7% Avg playtime 45.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 4.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,875.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
172 total
Organic purchasers14584.3%
Voted up: 98%
Key activations2715.7%
Voted up: 100%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
172 total
First impression0-2h9454.7%
Voted up: 98%
Mid game2-10h7644.2%
Voted up: 99%
Late game10-20h10.58%
Voted up: 100%
Endgame20h+10.58%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 98.3%
2 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,552 total.