The Caligula Effect: Overdose Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Combat system is innovative
- Story is engaging
- Music is highly praised
- Repetitive dungeon design and maps
- Overwhelming and repetitive side quests
- Poor graphics and visuals
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 619
- Positive
- 45273.0%
- Negative
- 16727.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 46,729
- Estimated revenue
- $2,335,983
- Game price
- $50
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 10.75%
- Estimated copies lost
- 75
- Estimated revenue lost
- $3,749
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 10.7% Avg playtime 1.7h | 21.5% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 3123.1% Avg playtime 26.5h | 10074.6% Avg playtime 200.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 4.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,766.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
134 total
Organic purchasers10880.6%
Voted up: 78%
Key activations2619.4%
Voted up: 69%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
134 total
First impression0-2h64.48%
Voted up: 67%
Mid game2-10h2317.2%
Voted up: 57%
Late game10-20h1813.4%
Voted up: 67%
Endgame20h+8764.9%
Voted up: 84%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
80.0%
Global baseline 76.1%
5 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 619 total.