Maneater
Last updated: 2026-01-09
- Highly engaging gameplay loop
- Hilarious and well-crafted narration
- Deep shark customization system
- Poor optimization and technical flaws
- Clunky and frustrating mechanics
- DLC is disappointing and repetitive
Emotions
Frustration25%Enjoyment12%Disappointment11%Amusement11%Excitement10%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 22,197
- Positive
- 19,47687.7%
- Negative
- 2,72112.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,468,862
- Estimated revenue
- $58,739,791
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 2253.66%
- Estimated copies lost
- 14,889
- Estimated revenue lost
- $595,411
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 2253.7% Avg playtime 0.7h | 1001.6% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 69311.3% Avg playtime 13.9h | 5,12683.4% Avg playtime 19h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 3.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 82.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 103.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,689.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
6,144 total
Organic purchasers5,41888.2%
Voted up: 85%
Key activations72611.8%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
6,144 total
First impression0-2h4387.13%
Voted up: 42%
Mid game2-10h2,07633.8%
Voted up: 85%
Late game10-20h2,73944.6%
Voted up: 89%
Endgame20h+89114.5%
Voted up: 93%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
85.0%
Global baseline 85.1%
133 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 22,197 total.