Guild Wars 2
Last updated: 2026-01-08
- Respects player time and freedom without grinding
- Diverse gameplay modes with dynamic combat system
- Deep character customization and interactive world
- Affordable expansions with fair monetization practices
- Poor new player experience and overwhelming mechanics
- Excessive endgame grind with declining story quality
Emotions
Frustration20%Satisfaction13%Excitement10%Disappointment7%Appreciation6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 25,739
- Positive
- 22,84488.8%
- Negative
- 2,89511.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,421,063
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1492.33%
- Estimated copies lost
- 8,226
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1502.3% Avg playtime 0.9h | 1492.3% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 64910.1% Avg playtime 254.5h | 5,45085.2% Avg playtime 355.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 5.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 22.6 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 200.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,233.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
6,398 total
Organic purchasers1261.97%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations6,27298.0%
Voted up: 87%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
6,398 total
First impression0-2h3745.85%
Voted up: 56%
Mid game2-10h1,21919.1%
Voted up: 81%
Late game10-20h86813.6%
Voted up: 90%
Endgame20h+3,93761.5%
Voted up: 92%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
92.4%
Global baseline 87.5%
79 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 25,739 total.