Red Dead Redemption 2
Last updated: 2026-01-02
- Immersive world-building mastery throughout game
- Arthur Morgan's profound character development arc
- Exceptional audio and voice acting quality
- Clunky and outdated control mechanics
- Frustrating save and progression systems
- Rockstar Launcher issues disrupt gameplay
Emotions
Awe14%Admiration12%Frustration9%Nostalgia9%Sadness6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 822,799
- Positive
- 757,71492.1%
- Negative
- 65,0857.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 56,851,325
- Estimated revenue
- $3,410,510,987
- Game price
- $60
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1,5020.85%
- Estimated copies lost
- 103,781
- Estimated revenue lost
- $6,225,822
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1,5080.9% Avg playtime 0.8h | 9170.5% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 11,8256.7% Avg playtime 95.8h | 162,98592% Avg playtime 123.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 80.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 495.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 4,097.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,201.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
177,235 total
Organic purchasers162,96791.9%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations14,2688.05%
Voted up: 92%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
177,235 total
First impression0-2h4,1082.32%
Voted up: 53%
Mid game2-10h33,01418.6%
Voted up: 91%
Late game10-20h23,37413.2%
Voted up: 93%
Endgame20h+116,73965.9%
Voted up: 94%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
85.8%
Global baseline 92.5%
1,454 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 822,799 total.