Alien: Isolation
Last updated: 2026-01-06
- Stunning visuals and immersive atmosphere enhance experience
- Masterful sound design elevates tension and immersion
- Unmatched Xenomorph AI creates unpredictable terror
- Repetitive gameplay loops become tedious over time
- Unclear objectives and navigation frustrate players
- High difficulty punishes without fair challenge balance
Emotions
Frustration19%Fear14%Excitement9%Admiration9%Appreciation6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 63,600
- Positive
- 59,25293.2%
- Negative
- 4,3486.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 4,272,400
- Estimated revenue
- $170,853,276
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 571.08%
- Estimated copies lost
- 3,829
- Estimated revenue lost
- $153,122
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 581.1% Avg playtime 1.2h | 1282.4% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 3416.4% Avg playtime 15.5h | 4,76490% Avg playtime 33.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 13.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 84.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,109.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
5,291 total
Organic purchasers3,91173.9%
Voted up: 92%
Key activations1,38026.1%
Voted up: 93%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
5,291 total
First impression0-2h2484.69%
Voted up: 73%
Mid game2-10h1,27324.1%
Voted up: 87%
Late game10-20h1,58029.9%
Voted up: 94%
Endgame20h+2,19041.4%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
87.4%
Global baseline 92.5%
111 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 63,600 total.