Poppy Playtime Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-08-04
  • Entertaining and fun gameplay
  • Early chapters are masterpieces
  • Chapter 5 is the best
  • Chapter 4 has many bugs
  • Too many puzzles overall
  • Chapter 1 is too short
Poppy Playtime header

Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMnegativeWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMmixed
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Very Positive (8/10)
Total reviews
141,018
Positive
124,00887.9%
Negative
17,01012.1%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
9,342,807
Estimated revenue
Not applicable
Game price
F2P
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
9162.11%
Estimated copies lost
60,687
Estimated revenue lost
Not applicable
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
9182.1%
Avg playtime 0.8h
3,0577%
Avg playtime 0.9h
> 2h playtime
1,9014.4%
Avg playtime 23h
37,57486.5%
Avg playtime 37h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day24.7 rev/day
Last 30d49.9 rev/day
Quarterly568.2 rev/qtr
Days covered1,756.7 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
43,450 total
Organic purchasers43,450100.0%
Voted up: 94%
Key activations00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
43,450 total
First impression0-2h5,53712.7%
Voted up: 82%
Mid game2-10h17,66040.6%
Voted up: 95%
Late game10-20h9,37121.6%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+10,88225.0%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.29% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
91.4%
Global baseline 93.5%
128 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 141,018 total.