Spiral Knights Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-09-28
  • Charming and Unique Art Style
  • Enjoyable Dungeon Crawler Gameplay
  • Great with Friends
  • Frequent Unstable Crashes
  • Declining Player Base
  • Lack of Content Updates
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Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Very Positive (8/10)
Total reviews
24,245
Positive
20,32083.8%
Negative
3,92516.2%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
1,686,609
Estimated revenue
Not applicable
Game price
F2P
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
9110.46%
Estimated copies lost
6,330
Estimated revenue lost
Not applicable
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
9210.6%
Avg playtime 0.8h
859.8%
Avg playtime 1.1h
> 2h playtime
15617.9%
Avg playtime 678.4h
53761.7%
Avg playtime 314.8h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0.2 rev/day
Last 30d1.9 rev/day
Quarterly8.9 rev/qtr
Days covered4,776.8 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
870 total
Organic purchasers870100.0%
Voted up: 71%
Key activations00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
870 total
First impression0-2h20223.2%
Voted up: 51%
Mid game2-10h17820.5%
Voted up: 78%
Late game10-20h495.63%
Voted up: 88%
Endgame20h+44150.7%
Voted up: 76%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.57% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
80.0%
Global baseline 71.5%
5 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 24,245 total.