The Sinking City Remastered

Last updated: 2026-01-18
  • Immersive Lovecraftian atmosphere captivates players
  • Strong narrative with meaningful player choices
  • Engaging detective mechanics enhance gameplay
  • Lack of polish creates unfinished feel
  • Clunky combat and repetitive gameplay frustrate
  • Poor technical performance and optimization issues
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Emotions

Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Mostly Positive (6/10)
Total reviews
5,049
Positive
3,82475.7%
Negative
1,22524.3%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
391,800
Estimated revenue
$15,668,082
Game price
$40
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
515.17%
Estimated copies lost
3,958
Estimated revenue lost
$158,280
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ă— Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
515.2%
Avg playtime 1h
313.1%
Avg playtime 1.2h
> 2h playtime
17617.8%
Avg playtime 19.4h
72873.8%
Avg playtime 30.3h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0.6 rev/day
Last 30d1.9 rev/day
Quarterly33.6 rev/qtr
Days covered1,786.6 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
986 total
Organic purchasers92794.0%
Voted up: 77%
Key activations595.98%
Voted up: 78%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
986 total
First impression0-2h9910.0%
Voted up: 42%
Mid game2-10h23023.3%
Voted up: 67%
Late game10-20h16516.7%
Voted up: 81%
Endgame20h+49249.9%
Voted up: 87%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
2.43% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
87.5%
Global baseline 77.0%
24 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 5,049 total.