BallisticNG Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-10-07
  • Faithful Wipeout spiritual successor
  • Outstanding modding support
  • Excellent multiplayer options
  • Controls and physics issues
  • Brutal campaign difficulty spike
  • Multiplayer community is dead
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Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB VRAMpositiveLinux / Proton <8GB 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
3,767
Positive
3,54494.1%
Negative
2235.9%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
271,740
Estimated revenue
$4,073,383
Game price
$15
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
71.68%
Estimated copies lost
505
Estimated revenue lost
$7,570
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
71.7%
Avg playtime 0.9h
276.5%
Avg playtime 1.1h
> 2h playtime
163.8%
Avg playtime 27.7h
36688%
Avg playtime 69.9h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0.1 rev/day
Last 30d0.9 rev/day
Quarterly8.2 rev/qtr
Days covered3,772 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
416 total
Organic purchasers32377.6%
Voted up: 94%
Key activations9322.4%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
416 total
First impression0-2h7518.0%
Voted up: 91%
Mid game2-10h16238.9%
Voted up: 94%
Late game10-20h7518.0%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+10425.0%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
8.41% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
91.4%
Global baseline 94.5%
35 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 3,767 total.