The Darkest Files Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-21
- Excellent detective investigation game
- Solid and enjoyable gameplay mechanics
- Compelling and well-elaborated cases
- Too Few Cases
- Game Too Short
- Abrupt Ending
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 777
- Positive
- 74796.1%
- Negative
- 303.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 57,427
- Estimated revenue
- $1,147,966
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 10.24%
- Estimated copies lost
- 74
- Estimated revenue lost
- $1,479
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 10.2% Avg playtime 0.6h | 81.9% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 174% Avg playtime 10.7h | 39593.8% Avg playtime 11.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.7 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 40.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 574.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
421 total
Organic purchasers39593.8%
Voted up: 96%
Key activations266.18%
Voted up: 92%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
421 total
First impression0-2h184.28%
Voted up: 94%
Mid game2-10h22653.7%
Voted up: 96%
Late game10-20h15637.1%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+214.99%
Voted up: 95%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
86.4%
Global baseline 95.7%
22 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 777 total.