Riven (1997) Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-28
- Challenging and fair puzzles
- Great game design and classic status
- Immersive atmosphere and world-building
- Compatibility issues on modern systems
- Save system issues
- Navigation is confusing
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
- 1,403
- Positive
- 1,25489.4%
- Negative
- 14910.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 104,484
- Estimated revenue
- $625,859
- Game price
- $6
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 31.65%
- Estimated copies lost
- 223
- Estimated revenue lost
- $1,336
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 31.6% Avg playtime 0.7h | 189.9% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 105.5% Avg playtime 10.4h | 15183% Avg playtime 46.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 3.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,556.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
182 total
Organic purchasers15585.2%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations2714.8%
Voted up: 81%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
182 total
First impression0-2h2815.4%
Voted up: 86%
Mid game2-10h7038.5%
Voted up: 93%
Late game10-20h5831.9%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+2614.3%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 92.9%
4 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,403 total.