Ys IX: Monstrum Nox Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-17
- Improvement over Ys VIII
- Fast and fun combat
- Excellent music and soundtrack
- Feels like Ys VIII clone
- Weaker than previous games
- Story pacing issues
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 1,912
- Positive
- 1,80294.2%
- Negative
- 1105.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 130,290
- Estimated revenue
- $7,816,097
- Game price
- $60
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 20.68%
- Estimated copies lost
- 136
- Estimated revenue lost
- $8,159
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 20.7% Avg playtime 1.1h | 41.4% Avg playtime 1.6h |
| > 2h playtime | 206.8% Avg playtime 31h | 26791.1% Avg playtime 52.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 12.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,834.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
293 total
Organic purchasers25687.4%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations3712.6%
Voted up: 89%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
293 total
First impression0-2h155.12%
Voted up: 87%
Mid game2-10h299.90%
Voted up: 93%
Late game10-20h268.87%
Voted up: 85%
Endgame20h+22376.1%
Voted up: 94%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
94.4%
Global baseline 92.5%
18 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,912 total.