The Witness Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-11-06
- High satisfaction from solving
- Masterpiece puzzle game
- Beautiful visuals and scenery
- Excellent puzzle design
- No hints for puzzles
- Causes severe motion sickness
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMnegativeWindows 12-15GB VRAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 21,721
- Positive
- 18,32084.3%
- Negative
- 3,40115.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,712,581
- Estimated revenue
- $68,486,114
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 760.35%
- Estimated copies lost
- 5,992
- Estimated revenue lost
- $239,620
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 760.3% Avg playtime 1h | 850.4% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 3,32515.3% Avg playtime 16.3h | 18,23584% Avg playtime 38.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 5.7 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 7.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 341.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,779.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
19,988 total
Organic purchasers15,93279.7%
Voted up: 85%
Key activations4,05620.3%
Voted up: 81%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
19,948 total
First impression0-2h2,04110.2%
Voted up: 56%
Mid game2-10h4,78623.9%
Voted up: 77%
Late game10-20h4,59023.0%
Voted up: 85%
Endgame20h+8,53142.7%
Voted up: 94%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
77.2%
Global baseline 84.2%
136 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 21,721 total.