The Stanley Parable
Last updated: 2026-01-16
- Unique narrative-driven gameplay experience
- Brilliant charismatic narrator enhances storytelling
- High replayability with multiple endings
- Short playtime relative to price point
- Game-breaking bugs and frequent crashes
- Niche appeal limits broader audience
Emotions
Amusement18%Frustration11%Curiosity10%Disappointment7%Satisfaction7%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 45,300
- Positive
- 41,88792.5%
- Negative
- 3,4137.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 3,425,161
- Estimated revenue
- $51,343,163
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 363.34%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,722
- Estimated revenue lost
- $40,803
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 363.3% Avg playtime 0.9h | 14613.5% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 585.4% Avg playtime 8.2h | 83977.8% Avg playtime 12.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 3.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 18.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,470.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,079 total
Organic purchasers95588.5%
Voted up: 91%
Key activations12411.5%
Voted up: 96%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,077 total
First impression0-2h22120.5%
Voted up: 81%
Mid game2-10h66061.2%
Voted up: 94%
Late game10-20h777.14%
Voted up: 92%
Endgame20h+11911.0%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
81.3%
Global baseline 91.3%
16 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 45,300 total.