DESOLATE Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-03
- Interesting world and atmosphere
- Cooperative multiplayer works well
- Engrossing story and quests
- Combat is janky and unpolished
- Game feels abandoned
- General jankiness and bugs
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mixed (5/10)
- Total reviews
- 8,055
- Positive
- 5,35566.5%
- Negative
- 2,70033.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 577,983
- Estimated revenue
- $8,663,965
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 319.20%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,224
- Estimated revenue lost
- $33,338
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 319.2% Avg playtime 0.8h | 123.6% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 9327.6% Avg playtime 19.2h | 20159.6% Avg playtime 38.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 8.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,063.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
337 total
Organic purchasers22366.2%
Voted up: 66%
Key activations11433.8%
Voted up: 58%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
336 total
First impression0-2h4814.2%
Voted up: 33%
Mid game2-10h10029.7%
Voted up: 56%
Late game10-20h7422.0%
Voted up: 66%
Endgame20h+11433.8%
Voted up: 80%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 63.2%
2 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 8,055 total.