Rise of the Merchants Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Rich medieval trading simulation
- Polished and detailed presentation
- Satisfying progression and depth
- Engaging multiplayer and community
- Forced online single-player
- Bugs and crashes present
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
- 103
- Positive
- 7774.8%
- Negative
- 2625.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 6,679
- Estimated revenue
- $166,908
- Game price
- $25
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1514.42%
- Estimated copies lost
- 973
- Estimated revenue lost
- $24,315
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1514.4% Avg playtime 0.7h | 1514.4% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 1211.5% Avg playtime 10.5h | 6259.6% Avg playtime 14.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 32 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 3.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
104 total
Organic purchasers9692.3%
Voted up: 73%
Key activations87.69%
Voted up: 88%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
104 total
First impression0-2h4240.4%
Voted up: 62%
Mid game2-10h3937.5%
Voted up: 79%
Late game10-20h1817.3%
Voted up: 83%
Endgame20h+54.81%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 74.0%
3 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 103 total.