Sonic Adventure 2 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-31
- Highly praised Sonic game with exceptional story.
- Chao Garden and soundtrack are standout features.
- High replayability and worth the price.
- Controls are janky, imprecise, and poorly designed.
- Camera issues, bugs, and flawed gameplay.
- Outdated graphics, bad physics, and stiff mech controls.
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB 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
- 27,872
- Positive
- 24,89189.3%
- Negative
- 2,98110.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 2,058,954
- Estimated revenue
- $20,568,950
- Game price
- $10
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 832.74%
- Estimated copies lost
- 6,131
- Estimated revenue lost
- $61,249
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 832.7% Avg playtime 0.7h | 1675.5% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 2277.5% Avg playtime 29.7h | 2,55284.3% Avg playtime 39.3h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 7.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 40.9 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,713.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
3,029 total
Organic purchasers2,56884.8%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations46115.2%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
3,029 total
First impression0-2h34111.3%
Voted up: 72%
Mid game2-10h1,10436.4%
Voted up: 89%
Late game10-20h69623.0%
Voted up: 93%
Endgame20h+88829.3%
Voted up: 95%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
84.8%
Global baseline 89.8%
66 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 27,872 total.