The Witness
Last updated: 2025-12-25
- Exceptional puzzle design and variety
- Strong sense of achievement from gameplay
- Encourages exploration and discovery uniquely
- Repetitive and unrewarding gameplay elements
- Poor puzzle feedback and accessibility options
- Motion sickness and physical discomfort issues
Emotions
Frustration24%Satisfaction14%Disappointment9%Appreciation5%Enjoyment5%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 19,848
- Positive
- 16,79584.6%
- Negative
- 3,05315.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,444,367
- Estimated revenue
- $57,760,236
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 733.75%
- Estimated copies lost
- 5,312
- Estimated revenue lost
- $212,427
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 753.9% Avg playtime 1h | 462.4% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 28914.8% Avg playtime 16.6h | 1,53879% Avg playtime 33.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 4.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 37.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,619.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,948 total
Organic purchasers1,56880.5%
Voted up: 82%
Key activations38019.5%
Voted up: 78%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,948 total
First impression0-2h1467.49%
Voted up: 47%
Mid game2-10h46023.6%
Voted up: 72%
Late game10-20h47024.1%
Voted up: 83%
Endgame20h+87244.8%
Voted up: 91%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
71.7%
Global baseline 81.3%
46 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 19,848 total.