- Stunning visuals and graphics
- Unique and innovative mechanics
- Encourages learning and exploration
- Game is confusing and lacks guidance
- Repetitive and tedious gameplay
- Unintuitive and clunky controls and UI
Emotions
Players experience frustration primarily due to the game's steep learning curve, lack of clear tutorials, and confusing mechanics. Additionally, repetitive gameplay, bugs, and poor controls contribute significantly to this frustration, making it difficult for players to progress and enjoy the game.
Players enjoy the game for its unique and engaging gameplay mechanics, which include evolution and tribe management. The immersive experience, beautiful graphics, and the challenging yet rewarding nature of the game also contribute to their enjoyment.
The game's immersive and captivating experience, along with its unique gameplay mechanics, generates excitement among players. The sense of discovery, adventure, and the challenging gameplay keep players engaged and eager to explore more.
Players feel satisfied with the game's rewarding progression system, educational content, and the sense of accomplishment from overcoming challenges. The detailed narrative and unique mechanics also contribute to a fulfilling gaming experience.
Disappointment stems from the game's repetitive and boring gameplay mechanics, lack of content, and poor execution of unique ideas. Players also feel let down by the game's clunky controls and unmet expectations based on positive reviews.
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 11,155
- Positive
- 8,78478.7%
- Negative
- 2,37121.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 824,678
- Estimated revenue
- $32,978,873
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1056.95%
- Estimated copies lost
- 7,763
- Estimated revenue lost
- $310,442
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1057% Avg playtime 0.8h | 634.2% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 18812.5% Avg playtime 21.9h | 1,15476.4% Avg playtime 42.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.8 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 3.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 40.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,999.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,510 total
Organic purchasers1,27784.6%
Voted up: 81%
Key activations23315.4%
Voted up: 78%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,510 total
First impression0-2h19813.1%
Voted up: 43%
Mid game2-10h42027.8%
Voted up: 77%
Late game10-20h26417.5%
Voted up: 88%
Endgame20h+62841.6%
Voted up: 91%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
76.5%
Global baseline 80.6%
17 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 11,155 total.