L.A. Noire
Last updated: 2026-01-11
- Immersive detective gameplay with strong mechanics
- Engaging noir atmosphere and compelling story
- Revolutionary facial animations enhance interrogations
- Poor PC optimization and launcher issues
- Severe launch stability and performance problems
- Repetitive gameplay with unsatisfying ending
Emotions
Frustration20%Admiration13%Disappointment10%Appreciation8%Satisfaction7%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 35,255
- Positive
- 30,26385.8%
- Negative
- 4,99214.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 2,560,346
- Estimated revenue
- $51,181,317
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1094.39%
- Estimated copies lost
- 7,916
- Estimated revenue lost
- $158,241
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1094.4% Avg playtime 0.6h | 642.6% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 2399.6% Avg playtime 21.4h | 2,07283.4% Avg playtime 36.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 7.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 35.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,496.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,484 total
Organic purchasers2,25890.9%
Voted up: 86%
Key activations2269.10%
Voted up: 83%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,484 total
First impression0-2h2158.66%
Voted up: 42%
Mid game2-10h67527.2%
Voted up: 86%
Late game10-20h36914.9%
Voted up: 85%
Endgame20h+1,22549.3%
Voted up: 94%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
84.6%
Global baseline 86.0%
65 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 35,255 total.