Starvester Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-03
- Fun and enjoyable gameplay
- Visuals and audio praised
- Relaxing and calming experience
- Buggy and unpolished game
- Progression is too slow
- Game is short
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB VRAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 791
- Positive
- 55770.4%
- Negative
- 23429.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 60,868
- Estimated revenue
- $425,467
- Game price
- $7
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 243.03%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,847
- Estimated revenue lost
- $12,911
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 263.3% Avg playtime 1.1h | 131.6% Avg playtime 1.3h |
| > 2h playtime | 20826.3% Avg playtime 13.5h | 54468.8% Avg playtime 17.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 8.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 94.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
791 total
Organic purchasers77197.5%
Voted up: 70%
Key activations202.53%
Voted up: 90%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
791 total
First impression0-2h729.10%
Voted up: 61%
Mid game2-10h38048.0%
Voted up: 67%
Late game10-20h24030.3%
Voted up: 77%
Endgame20h+9912.5%
Voted up: 76%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
75.0%
Global baseline 70.4%
8 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 791 total.