Lightmatter Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-24
- Enjoyable and well-balanced puzzles.
- Engaging narration and storytelling.
- Unique and attractive visual style.
- Puzzles lack challenge and variety.
- Game is too short.
- Over-reliance on Portal references.
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
- 2,872
- Positive
- 2,62791.5%
- Negative
- 2458.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 182,349
- Estimated revenue
- $3,645,157
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 93.60%
- Estimated copies lost
- 571
- Estimated revenue lost
- $11,414
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 93.6% Avg playtime 0.9h | 156% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 187.2% Avg playtime 6.7h | 20883.2% Avg playtime 8.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 9.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,310.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
250 total
Organic purchasers12148.4%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations12951.6%
Voted up: 88%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
250 total
First impression0-2h3212.8%
Voted up: 72%
Mid game2-10h19377.2%
Voted up: 91%
Late game10-20h218.40%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+41.60%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 89.2%
7 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 2,872 total.