The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition
Last updated: 2026-01-02
- Exceptional RPG gameplay with deep customization
- Fun and unique art style praised widely
- Balanced length with high-quality DLC content
- Dark humor and satire enhance storytelling
- Bland story and unengaging characters criticized
- Technical issues and performance inconsistencies reported
Emotions
Frustration18%Disappointment18%Satisfaction14%Enjoyment7%Amusement5%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 4,791
- Positive
- 3,65776.3%
- Negative
- 1,13423.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 315,732
- Estimated revenue
- $18,940,763
- Game price
- $60
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 664.09%
- Estimated copies lost
- 4,349
- Estimated revenue lost
- $260,897
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 664.1% Avg playtime 0.8h | 181.1% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 27216.9% Avg playtime 23.3h | 1,25877.9% Avg playtime 50.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 3.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 58.9 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,031.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,614 total
Organic purchasers1,11569.1%
Voted up: 80%
Key activations49930.9%
Voted up: 76%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,614 total
First impression0-2h1106.82%
Voted up: 25%
Mid game2-10h36222.4%
Voted up: 74%
Late game10-20h26716.5%
Voted up: 77%
Endgame20h+87554.2%
Voted up: 89%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
88.9%
Global baseline 79.1%
45 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 4,791 total.