The Shimmering Horizon and Cursed Blacksmith — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$1.11Mest

grossAtFullPrice $1.11M · promo blend

Net to developer

$716Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

55,598▼ 100.0%

1,626 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$702K63% of LTD

49K units · $14.39 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 936 reviews collected over 5 months; Chinese-heavy audience; non-Early-Access.

01 Revenue · monthly

Gross consumer spend USD

Gross

02 Lifetime breakdown

Launch window vs tail · units & spend

30 days launch window

Launch · units

49K

48,76787.7%

Tail · units

6,83112.3%

Launch · gross

$702K

$702K63.1%

Tail · gross

$410K

$410K36.9%

Net to dev

$716K

$716K64.4%

01 Like Score

qualityScore = Σ inbound · log₁₀(reviews+1) · positive% · rank-bonus

Tier D · ▼ 3 7d

D ●CBAS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

45%

→ 12

Score history · 30d retention

13 (14d ago)12 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank The Shimmering Horizon and Cursed Blacksmith · 17 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 12

Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island428 reviews · 85% pos · Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · 2024

+2.2

Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics410 reviews · 60% pos · Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · 2016

+1.6

Submerged Mystery: Takodachi29 reviews · 93% pos · Velveteen · 2024

+1.4

The Note of Red Evil20 reviews · 85% pos · 16air · 2020

+1.1

Labyrinth of the Witch24 reviews · 58% pos · ORANGE CUBE, INC. · 2020

+0.8

Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs The Thrilling Steamy Maze Kiwami22 reviews · 54% pos · FURYU CORPORATION · 2024

+0.7

Fantasy Realm: A Land Torn Asunder4 reviews · 100% pos · Wildwood Game Studios · 2018

+0.7

Word Dungeons5 reviews · 80% pos · BlueRift Studios · 2023

+0.6

Agents of Shadow1 reviews · 100% pos · Hoffnung Haydn · 2025

+0.3

A Dog Story2 reviews · 50% pos · DIG Games · 2025

+0.2

+ 7 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+0.0

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Outbound MLT · 30 games

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89%24K

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0%0

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Review score

5/ 9

Mixed

% positive

57.9%cohort 71%

579 pos · 421 neg

Total reviews

1.0Ktracked

1,000 crawled

Velocity · 30d

1 / dayest

16 this month

Steam-purchase rate

89.7%flat

10.3% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive

10 languages · top 10 shown

ZHSimplified Chinese

72.2%72252%

TWTraditional Chinese

12.3%12365%

ENEnglish

6.4%6491%

KOKorean

4.4%4477%

JAJapanese

3.0%3060%

RURussian

1.2%1292%

DEGerman

0.2%2100%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

0.1%1100%

THThai

0.1%1100%

ESLatin American Spanish

0.1%1100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 78

64%positive

7.8% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 364

58%positive

36.4% of reviews

10-100h 504

54%positive

50.4% of reviews

100h+ 54

83%positive

5.4% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 579Negative 421

5484112741370

25·1125·1226·0126·0226·0326·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

1,000 reviews

Free product

22/ 1,000

2.2% of total86% positive

Early access

0/ 1,000

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

81/ 1,000

8.1% of total79% positive

Steam Deck

12/ 1,000

1.2% of total42% positive

Steam purchase

897/ 1,000

89.7% of total58% positive

Recommended

579/ 1,000

57.9% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

421/ 1,000

42.1% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

1,000/ 1,000

100.0% of total58% positive

936 reviews · 56% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.