The Stanley Parable Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-11
- Exceptional narrator performance
- Multiple endings and paths
- Engaging and addictive gameplay
- Narrator interaction and influence
- Graphical issues reported
- Confusing gameplay mechanics
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 45,484
- Positive
- 42,05192.5%
- Negative
- 3,4337.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 3,430,133
- Estimated revenue
- $51,417,694
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 333.20%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,489
- Estimated revenue lost
- $37,310
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 333.2% Avg playtime 0.9h | 13913.5% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 464.5% Avg playtime 7.1h | 81478.9% Avg playtime 12.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 14.9 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,584.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,032 total
Organic purchasers90687.8%
Voted up: 92%
Key activations12612.2%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,030 total
First impression0-2h20920.3%
Voted up: 81%
Mid game2-10h63961.9%
Voted up: 95%
Late game10-20h676.49%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+11511.1%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
85.7%
Global baseline 92.3%
14 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 45,484 total.