Return of the Obra Dinn
Last updated: 2025-12-20
- Exceptional puzzle and deduction mechanics
- Unique and immersive gameplay loop
- Rich narrative and striking art style
- Poor accessibility for disabilities
- Slow and tedious gameplay pacing
- Steep initial learning curve
Emotions
Satisfaction19%Frustration14%Admiration9%Excitement7%Enjoyment7%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 31,567
- Positive
- 30,55996.8%
- Negative
- 1,0083.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 2,139,712
- Estimated revenue
- $42,772,843
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 330.71%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,237
- Estimated revenue lost
- $44,718
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 330.7% Avg playtime 0.8h | 501.1% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1262.7% Avg playtime 8.7h | 4,43995.5% Avg playtime 13.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.8 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 11.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 86.8 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,619.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
4,648 total
Organic purchasers4,27492.0%
Voted up: 96%
Key activations3748.05%
Voted up: 98%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
4,648 total
First impression0-2h982.11%
Voted up: 65%
Mid game2-10h1,85239.8%
Voted up: 95%
Late game10-20h2,28449.1%
Voted up: 99%
Endgame20h+4148.91%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
94.2%
Global baseline 96.6%
156 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 31,567 total.