ULTRAKILL Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-10-04
Review summary
  • Outstanding soundtrack and music
  • Exceptional, engaging gameplay
  • High replayability and content
  • Difficulty extremely high and inconsistent
  • Layer 8 performance is terrible
  • Boss fights difficult and frustrating
ULTRAKILL header

Categories

First-Person ShooterFast-paced CombatMovement MechanicsWeapon Combo MechanicsCharacter ActionRetro FPSStyle Ranking SystemHorde Survival

Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixedWindows <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
245,657
Positive
239,14397.3%
Negative
6,5142.7%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
15,771,885
Estimated revenue
$472,998,831
Game price
$30
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
1140.18%
Estimated copies lost
7,319
Estimated revenue lost
$219,497
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ă— Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
1150.2%
Avg playtime 1h
4460.7%
Avg playtime 1.1h
> 2h playtime
1,9733.1%
Avg playtime 84.2h
61,64196.1%
Avg playtime 92.4h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day28.9 rev/day
Last 30d119.2 rev/day
Quarterly1,808.7 rev/qtr
Days covered2,218.1 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
64,175 total
Organic purchasers54,78385.4%
Voted up: 97%
Key activations9,39214.6%
Voted up: 96%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
64,175 total
First impression0-2h1,8682.91%
Voted up: 92%
Mid game2-10h16,54225.8%
Voted up: 97%
Late game10-20h11,61618.1%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+34,14953.2%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.86% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
96.8%
Global baseline 96.7%
555 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 245,657 total.