KYOTO XANADU -the Blooming Phantom- Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-19
- Enjoyable overall with charming protagonist
- Satisfying parry-based combat system
- Classic Falcom-style story and characters
- Solid Metroidvania exploration elements
- Cliffhanger ending disappoints players
- Gameplay repetitive and combat shallow
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 740
- Positive
- 61583.1%
- Negative
- 12516.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 43,504
- Estimated revenue
- $2,392,285
- Game price
- $55
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 81.08%
- Estimated copies lost
- 470
- Estimated revenue lost
- $25,845
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 81.1% Avg playtime 0.7h | 30.4% Avg playtime 1.4h |
| > 2h playtime | 11715.8% Avg playtime 36.5h | 61182.7% Avg playtime 42.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 21.7 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 16.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 34 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
739 total
Organic purchasers36549.4%
Voted up: 79%
Key activations37450.6%
Voted up: 87%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
739 total
First impression0-2h354.74%
Voted up: 60%
Mid game2-10h13318.0%
Voted up: 92%
Late game10-20h11014.9%
Voted up: 90%
Endgame20h+46162.4%
Voted up: 80%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
92.9%
Global baseline 83.1%
14 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 740 total.