Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-01
- Mature and nuanced narrative experience.
- Well-developed and engaging characters.
- Innovative and engaging gameplay mechanics.
- Impressive graphics and detailed environment.
- Frequent glitches, crashes, and control issues.
- Poor PC port and optimization problems.
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMnegativeWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 194,236
- Positive
- 161,41183.1%
- Negative
- 32,82516.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 14,944,618
- Estimated revenue
- $298,742,914
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 4902.03%
- Estimated copies lost
- 37,701
- Estimated revenue lost
- $753,643
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 4922% Avg playtime 0.8h | 4261.8% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 2,63310.9% Avg playtime 41.1h | 20,62985.3% Avg playtime 58.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 5.9 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 68.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 347.9 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,092.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
24,180 total
Organic purchasers22,76994.2%
Voted up: 87%
Key activations1,4115.84%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
24,180 total
First impression0-2h1,3915.75%
Voted up: 58%
Mid game2-10h7,00429.0%
Voted up: 90%
Late game10-20h4,10817.0%
Voted up: 89%
Endgame20h+11,67748.3%
Voted up: 88%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
83.4%
Global baseline 87.1%
398 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 194,236 total.