Cold Waters Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-29
- Well made and fun
- Excellent submarine simulator
- Realistic yet playable
- Steep learning curve
- Multiple bugs affect gameplay
- Poor user interface design
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 4,735
- Positive
- 4,12687.1%
- Negative
- 60912.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 355,854
- Estimated revenue
- $14,230,601
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 72.41%
- Estimated copies lost
- 526
- Estimated revenue lost
- $21,035
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 72.4% Avg playtime 0.9h | 31% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 206.9% Avg playtime 87.3h | 26089.7% Avg playtime 127.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 6.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,371.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
290 total
Organic purchasers28297.2%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations82.76%
Voted up: 100%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
290 total
First impression0-2h144.83%
Voted up: 50%
Mid game2-10h6522.4%
Voted up: 91%
Late game10-20h5418.6%
Voted up: 94%
Endgame20h+15754.1%
Voted up: 93%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 90.7%
1 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 4,735 total.