The Pale Mimic Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-19
- Atmosphere highly praised
- Dog companion loved
- Strong horror elements
- Enjoyable and fun gameplay
- Repetitive gameplay loop
- Weak story and writing
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
- 94
- Positive
- 8489.4%
- Negative
- 1010.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 6,907
- Estimated revenue
- $55,187
- Game price
- $8
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 88.51%
- Estimated copies lost
- 588
- Estimated revenue lost
- $4,698
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 88.5% Avg playtime 1.3h | 4244.7% Avg playtime 1.5h |
| > 2h playtime | 22.1% Avg playtime 2.1h | 4244.7% Avg playtime 3.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 60.9 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 3.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
94 total
Organic purchasers9297.9%
Voted up: 89%
Key activations22.13%
Voted up: 100%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
94 total
First impression0-2h5356.4%
Voted up: 85%
Mid game2-10h4143.6%
Voted up: 95%
Late game10-20h00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Endgame20h+00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
N/A
Global baseline 89.4%
0 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 94 total.