The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-09
- Highly praised narrator and entertaining gameplay.
- Multiple endings and high replayability.
- Unique and philosophical gameplay experience.
- Lacks excitement and meaningful content.
- Overpriced with repetitive gameplay.
- Excessive narrator and no skip button.
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 34,675
- Positive
- 32,64794.2%
- Negative
- 2,0285.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 2,550,445
- Estimated revenue
- $63,735,621
- Game price
- $25
- Review ā sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1152.35%
- Estimated copies lost
- 8,459
- Estimated revenue lost
- $211,390
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ć Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ā¤ 2h playtime | 1162.4% Avg playtime 1h | 2715.5% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 2094.3% Avg playtime 6.8h | 4,29887.8% Avg playtime 13h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 3.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 10.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 171.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,472.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
4,894 total
Organic purchasers4,57893.5%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations3166.46%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
4,894 total
First impression0-2h59612.2%
Voted up: 79%
Mid game2-10h3,36168.7%
Voted up: 95%
Late game10-20h52610.7%
Voted up: 98%
Endgame20h+4118.40%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
88.5%
Global baseline 93.4%
113 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 34,675 total.