Project Zomboid Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-02
- Extensive modding community and support
- Excellent with friends and multiplayer
- Realistic and immersive simulation
- Multiplayer is buggy and frustrating
- Poor optimization and performance
- Steep learning curve for newcomers
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMnegativeWindows <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
- 477,640
- Positive
- 448,01193.8%
- Negative
- 29,6296.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 19,528,983
- Estimated revenue
- $488,029,285
- Game price
- $25
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 4050.89%
- Estimated copies lost
- 16,559
- Estimated revenue lost
- $413,809
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 4080.9% Avg playtime 1h | 2350.5% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 4,56410% Avg playtime 239.7h | 40,37488.6% Avg playtime 256.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 9.8 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 226.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 781.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,663.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
45,581 total
Organic purchasers34,12874.9%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations11,45325.1%
Voted up: 87%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
45,581 total
First impression0-2h1,0642.33%
Voted up: 53%
Mid game2-10h5,87212.9%
Voted up: 86%
Late game10-20h4,72310.4%
Voted up: 90%
Endgame20h+33,92274.4%
Voted up: 91%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
89.9%
Global baseline 89.1%
287 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 477,640 total.