Growing My Manhole Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-02
- Fun and quick gameplay
- Accessible and relaxing mechanics
- Addictive incremental gameplay loop
- Game is too short
- Boring and repetitive gameplay
- Limited progression and replayability
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 49
- Positive
- 3877.6%
- Negative
- 1122.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 3,711
- Estimated revenue
- $18,518
- Game price
- $5
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 714.29%
- Estimated copies lost
- 530
- Estimated revenue lost
- $2,645
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 714.3% Avg playtime 1.5h | 918.4% Avg playtime 1.4h |
| > 2h playtime | 48.2% Avg playtime 2.7h | 2959.2% Avg playtime 3.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 40.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.6 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
49 total
Organic purchasers4693.9%
Voted up: 76%
Key activations36.12%
Voted up: 100%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
49 total
First impression0-2h2142.9%
Voted up: 62%
Mid game2-10h2755.1%
Voted up: 89%
Late game10-20h12.04%
Voted up: 100%
Endgame20h+00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 77.6%
1 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 49 total.