DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-30
- Fun and enjoyable overall
- All DLC included at price
- Deep monster synthesis customization
- Smooth performance with options
- Mediocre forgettable story
- Reduced monster variety count
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMnegativeWindows 12-15GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 1,331
- Positive
- 97773.4%
- Negative
- 35426.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 92,926
- Estimated revenue
- $3,716,111
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 203.05%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,396
- Estimated revenue lost
- $55,826
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 203% Avg playtime 1h | 60.9% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 18628.4% Avg playtime 44h | 44467.7% Avg playtime 69.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.9 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 35 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 717.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
656 total
Organic purchasers57687.8%
Voted up: 67%
Key activations8012.2%
Voted up: 79%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
656 total
First impression0-2h426.40%
Voted up: 43%
Mid game2-10h10816.5%
Voted up: 63%
Late game10-20h7010.7%
Voted up: 63%
Endgame20h+43666.5%
Voted up: 73%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
73.0%
Global baseline 68.6%
37 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,331 total.