Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-01
- High-quality gameplay and visuals
- Improved over Episode 1
- Tails enhances gameplay
- Poor level design
- Frustrating boss fights
- Music criticism
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 2,263
- Positive
- 1,67774.1%
- Negative
- 58625.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 164,994
- Estimated revenue
- $1,648,290
- Game price
- $10
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 268.67%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,896
- Estimated revenue lost
- $18,941
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 268.7% Avg playtime 1h | 165.3% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 4515% Avg playtime 6.8h | 21371% Avg playtime 66.3h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 4.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 5,073 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
300 total
Organic purchasers21170.3%
Voted up: 75%
Key activations8929.7%
Voted up: 80%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
300 total
First impression0-2h5317.7%
Voted up: 47%
Mid game2-10h17959.7%
Voted up: 81%
Late game10-20h4615.3%
Voted up: 85%
Endgame20h+227.33%
Voted up: 91%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
45.5%
Global baseline 76.3%
11 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 2,263 total.