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
Emotions
Frustration27%Disappointment16%Appreciation9%Satisfaction9%Immersion5%
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| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 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/day | 0.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 33.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,786.6 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
Deck satisfaction
87.5%
Global baseline 77.0%
24 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 5,049 total.