Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-26
- Stunning graphics and visuals
- Engaging combat and mechanics
- Strong story and characters
- Weaker than predecessor
- Bugs and crashes present
- Aloy spoils puzzles
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB 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
- 29,100
- Positive
- 25,69588.3%
- Negative
- 3,40511.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,818,331
- Estimated revenue
- $109,081,677
- Game price
- $60
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 520.81%
- Estimated copies lost
- 3,249
- Estimated revenue lost
- $194,908
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 520.8% Avg playtime 1h | 430.7% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 99615.5% Avg playtime 71.3h | 5,32783% Avg playtime 108h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 7.8 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 11.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 447 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 826.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
6,418 total
Organic purchasers4,37968.2%
Voted up: 83%
Key activations2,03931.8%
Voted up: 85%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
6,418 total
First impression0-2h1412.20%
Voted up: 55%
Mid game2-10h96215.0%
Voted up: 83%
Late game10-20h79312.4%
Voted up: 79%
Endgame20h+4,52270.5%
Voted up: 86%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
85.3%
Global baseline 83.7%
34 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 29,100 total.