Groundwork Simulator Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-23
- High potential and good gameplay
- Satisfying dirt excavation mechanics
- Good physics simulation core
- Abysmal controls hinder experience
- General bugginess and frequent crashes
- Poor walking and character animations
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mixed (5/10)
- Total reviews
- 346
- Positive
- 18653.8%
- Negative
- 16046.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 24,280
- Estimated revenue
- $606,757
- Game price
- $25
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 14642.20%
- Estimated copies lost
- 10,245
- Estimated revenue lost
- $256,023
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 14642.2% Avg playtime 0.6h | 6619.1% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 144% Avg playtime 4.8h | 12034.7% Avg playtime 5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 381.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 11.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 0.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
346 total
Organic purchasers34098.3%
Voted up: 54%
Key activations61.73%
Voted up: 67%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
346 total
First impression0-2h26877.5%
Voted up: 44%
Mid game2-10h7722.3%
Voted up: 88%
Late game10-20h10.29%
Voted up: 100%
Endgame20h+00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
0.0%
Global baseline 53.8%
1 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 346 total.