Grim Dawn Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-10
- Huge build variety available
- Top-tier ARPG experience
- Exceptional replayability value
- Dated graphics and presentation
- Repetitive and monotonous gameplay
- Frequent bugs and crashes
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB VRAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 109,567
- Positive
- 102,40893.5%
- Negative
- 7,1596.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 7,341,616
- Estimated revenue
- $183,466,984
- Game price
- $25
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1021.16%
- Estimated copies lost
- 6,835
- Estimated revenue lost
- $170,807
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1021.2% Avg playtime 0.8h | 780.9% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 7588.6% Avg playtime 268.3h | 7,88089.4% Avg playtime 258.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.9 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 27.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 80.8 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,671.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
8,818 total
Organic purchasers7,91689.8%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations90210.2%
Voted up: 91%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
8,818 total
First impression0-2h2733.10%
Voted up: 53%
Mid game2-10h1,31214.9%
Voted up: 90%
Late game10-20h1,08112.3%
Voted up: 92%
Endgame20h+6,15269.8%
Voted up: 92%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
88.6%
Global baseline 90.2%
149 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 109,567 total.