DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
Last updated: 2025-12-24
- Emotionally impactful storytelling captivates players deeply
- Unique immersive gameplay mechanics stand out
- Outstanding soundtrack enhances emotional engagement
- Poor pacing slows down overall progression
- Frustrating mechanics and physics hinder enjoyment
- Excessive cutscenes disrupt gameplay flow
Emotions
Frustration17%Disappointment8%Appreciation7%Satisfaction6%Excitement6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 54,784
- Positive
- 50,81492.8%
- Negative
- 3,9707.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 3,675,417
- Estimated revenue
- $146,979,926
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1610.72%
- Estimated copies lost
- 10,801
- Estimated revenue lost
- $431,932
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1630.7% Avg playtime 1.1h | 1490.7% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,5296.8% Avg playtime 34.1h | 20,66491.8% Avg playtime 66.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 16.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 43.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 641.5 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,364.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
22,505 total
Organic purchasers16,49473.3%
Voted up: 92%
Key activations6,01126.7%
Voted up: 94%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
22,505 total
First impression0-2h5642.51%
Voted up: 65%
Mid game2-10h4,62020.5%
Voted up: 86%
Late game10-20h2,87112.8%
Voted up: 92%
Endgame20h+14,45064.2%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
89.9%
Global baseline 92.5%
572 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 54,784 total.