ULTRAKILL Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-04-27
Review summary
  • Enjoyable and addictive gameplay
  • Unique and challenging boss fights
  • Innovative and complex level design
  • Difficulty with specific levels and bosses
  • Performance issues and lag
  • Inconsistent and punishing difficulty
ULTRAKILL header

Categories

First-Person ShooterActionFast-paced CombatHigh MobilityPrecision PlatformingBoss FightsHigh DifficultyHigh Skill Ceiling

Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositiveWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMpositive
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
Total reviews
224,358
Positive
218,58897.4%
Negative
5,7702.6%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
8,931,891
Estimated revenue
$223,207,956
Game price
$25
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
1240.19%
Estimated copies lost
4,937
Estimated revenue lost
$123,376
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ă— Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
1260.2%
Avg playtime 1h
4610.7%
Avg playtime 1.1h
> 2h playtime
1,9263%
Avg playtime 83.7h
62,64496.1%
Avg playtime 88.1h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day31.7 rev/day
Last 30d212.4 rev/day
Quarterly1,367.8 rev/qtr
Days covered2,058 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
65,157 total
Organic purchasers56,40586.6%
Voted up: 97%
Key activations8,75213.4%
Voted up: 96%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
65,157 total
First impression0-2h1,9753.03%
Voted up: 92%
Mid game2-10h16,80225.8%
Voted up: 97%
Late game10-20h11,87518.2%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+34,50553.0%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.78% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
96.5%
Global baseline 96.9%
511 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 224,358 total.