Project Zomboid Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-10
- Unique and immersive gameplay experience
- Mods significantly enhance and extend gameplay
- Deep and complex mechanics with high replay value
- Highly praised for its emotional and narrative depth
- Slow development with infrequent and delayed updates
- Lack of clear content and goals, feeling aimless
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 447,983
- Positive
- 421,29494.0%
- Negative
- 26,6896.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 18,431,340
- Estimated revenue
- $368,442,487
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 3531.05%
- Estimated copies lost
- 14,523
- Estimated revenue lost
- $290,315
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 3561.1% Avg playtime 1h | 1960.6% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 2,9268.7% Avg playtime 228.6h | 30,20989.7% Avg playtime 245.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 7.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 81.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 541.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,548.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
33,687 total
Organic purchasers25,74576.4%
Voted up: 91%
Key activations7,94223.6%
Voted up: 89%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
33,687 total
First impression0-2h8922.65%
Voted up: 52%
Mid game2-10h4,51413.4%
Voted up: 86%
Late game10-20h3,43810.2%
Voted up: 91%
Endgame20h+24,84373.7%
Voted up: 92%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
88.1%
Global baseline 90.3%
235 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 447,983 total.