Sonic Origins
Last updated: 2026-01-23
- High-quality remastered classic Sonic games
- Extensive content and high replayability value
- Strong nostalgia and fan appeal factor
- Overpriced for limited new content included
- Denuvo DRM causes performance issues
- Incomplete museum and unlockable rewards
Emotions
Frustration25%Disappointment20%Satisfaction15%Nostalgia7%Appreciation5%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 5,566
- Positive
- 4,14974.5%
- Negative
- 1,41725.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 405,735
- Estimated revenue
- $12,167,993
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 775.58%
- Estimated copies lost
- 5,613
- Estimated revenue lost
- $168,334
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 775.6% Avg playtime 0.7h | 574.1% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 17712.8% Avg playtime 21.7h | 1,06977.5% Avg playtime 26.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 5.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 60.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,310 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,380 total
Organic purchasers1,13081.9%
Voted up: 82%
Key activations25018.1%
Voted up: 81%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,380 total
First impression0-2h20815.1%
Voted up: 51%
Mid game2-10h51137.0%
Voted up: 86%
Late game10-20h35125.4%
Voted up: 87%
Endgame20h+31022.5%
Voted up: 89%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
78.5%
Global baseline 81.6%
79 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 5,566 total.