SWORD ART ONLINE Alicization Lycoris
Last updated: 2026-02-14
- Cooperative multiplayer mode enhances gameplay experience.
- Open-world exploration offers extensive freedom.
- Enjoyable and dynamic combat system.
- Performance and stability issues impact experience.
- Slow movement and long load times frustrating.
- Poor optimization affects overall gameplay.
Emotions
Players are frustrated by a multitude of technical issues, including frequent game crashes, excessive loading times, and poor optimization leading to performance problems. The gameplay experience is further marred by repetitive and tedious elements such as excessive dialogue, slow pacing, and unengaging side quests, which disrupt the flow and enjoyment of the game.
Players express disappointment due to the game's failure to meet expectations, particularly in terms of story quality, gameplay mechanics, and overall innovation. Issues such as poor optimization, lack of refinement in combat, and tedious gameplay elements contribute to a sense of letdown.
Players enjoy the game's immersive world, graphics, and engaging combat mechanics. The story and character interactions also contribute positively to the overall experience.
Players find joy in the game's combat system, which is described as flashy and immersive. The character interactions and events, as well as the overall positive experience despite some flaws, also bring happiness.
Players are angered by the game's poor optimization, excessive cutscenes, and loading screens. Technical issues such as game crashes and poor performance further exacerbate this frustration.
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mixed (5/10)
- Total reviews
- 6,786
- Positive
- 4,13460.9%
- Negative
- 2,65239.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 465,326
- Estimated revenue
- $27,914,907
- Game price
- $60
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 156.17%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,029
- Estimated revenue lost
- $61,730
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 156.2% Avg playtime 0.8h | 20.8% Avg playtime 0.5h |
| > 2h playtime | 8735.8% Avg playtime 116h | 13957.2% Avg playtime 112h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 9.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,029.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
243 total
Organic purchasers19078.2%
Voted up: 56%
Key activations5321.8%
Voted up: 64%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
243 total
First impression0-2h2711.1%
Voted up: 22%
Mid game2-10h6627.2%
Voted up: 67%
Late game10-20h3313.6%
Voted up: 58%
Endgame20h+11748.1%
Voted up: 62%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
50.0%
Global baseline 58.0%
4 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 6,786 total.