Distant Space Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-18
- Simple and approachable gameplay
- Classic 80s arcade shooter tribute
- Fun and simple arcade experience
- Extremely short completion time
- Game is boring and monotonous
- Boss health bars missing
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
- 3,484
- Positive
- 2,84981.8%
- Negative
- 63518.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 244,491
- Estimated revenue
- $242,046
- Game price
- $1
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1789.05%
- Estimated copies lost
- 12,491
- Estimated revenue lost
- $12,366
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1789.1% Avg playtime 0.5h | 1,07554.7% Avg playtime 0.6h |
| > 2h playtime | 20510.4% Avg playtime 9.8h | 50825.8% Avg playtime 22.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 81.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,496.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,966 total
Organic purchasers623.15%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations1,90496.8%
Voted up: 80%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,966 total
First impression0-2h1,30466.3%
Voted up: 86%
Mid game2-10h60030.5%
Voted up: 67%
Late game10-20h291.48%
Voted up: 100%
Endgame20h+331.68%
Voted up: 91%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 80.5%
11 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 3,484 total.