Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-30
- Excellent memorable soundtrack
- Solid and enjoyable combat
- Stunning graphics for its time
- Camera control issues and bugs
- Fixed camera hinders exploration
- Dated and problematic mechanics
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 10,510
- Positive
- 8,50580.9%
- Negative
- 2,00519.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 817,292
- Estimated revenue
- $24,510,587
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 4944.70%
- Estimated copies lost
- 38,415
- Estimated revenue lost
- $1,152,066
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 4954.7% Avg playtime 1h | 3273.1% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,51014.4% Avg playtime 17.8h | 8,17877.8% Avg playtime 33.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 3.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 194.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,810.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
10,510 total
Organic purchasers8,08376.9%
Voted up: 81%
Key activations2,42723.1%
Voted up: 82%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
10,465 total
First impression0-2h1,17111.1%
Voted up: 54%
Mid game2-10h2,57524.5%
Voted up: 73%
Late game10-20h1,89718.0%
Voted up: 83%
Endgame20h+4,82245.9%
Voted up: 91%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
76.9%
Global baseline 80.9%
156 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 10,510 total.