EXAPUNKS Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-20
- Best Zachtronics game yet
- Excellent programming puzzles core
- Enjoyable story with voice acting
- Well-designed and challenging levels
- Steep learning curve non-programmers
- Poor explanation of game mechanics
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
- 1,898
- Positive
- 1,80094.8%
- Negative
- 985.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 129,491
- Estimated revenue
- $2,588,525
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 10.51%
- Estimated copies lost
- 68
- Estimated revenue lost
- $1,359
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 10.5% Avg playtime 0.4h | 42% Avg playtime 1.3h |
| > 2h playtime | 84.1% Avg playtime 13.6h | 18493.4% Avg playtime 47.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 5.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,956.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
197 total
Organic purchasers15176.6%
Voted up: 97%
Key activations4623.4%
Voted up: 89%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
197 total
First impression0-2h94.57%
Voted up: 67%
Mid game2-10h5025.4%
Voted up: 96%
Late game10-20h3819.3%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+10050.8%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
N/A
Global baseline 95.4%
0 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,898 total.