BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-07
- Gorgeous art and design
- Outstanding visual style
- Beautiful graphics praised
- Inconsistent voice acting quality
- Obtuse and convoluted puzzles
- Nearly unplayable without guide
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
- 694
- Positive
- 53777.4%
- Negative
- 15722.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 56,602
- Estimated revenue
- $735,260
- Game price
- $13
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 53.60%
- Estimated copies lost
- 408
- Estimated revenue lost
- $5,300
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 53.6% Avg playtime 0.6h | 53.6% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 3424.5% Avg playtime 8.1h | 9568.3% Avg playtime 18.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 5.5 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,395.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
139 total
Organic purchasers10575.5%
Voted up: 68%
Key activations3424.5%
Voted up: 85%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
139 total
First impression0-2h1611.5%
Voted up: 69%
Mid game2-10h4230.2%
Voted up: 40%
Late game10-20h5640.3%
Voted up: 86%
Endgame20h+2518.0%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
66.7%
Global baseline 71.9%
6 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 694 total.