I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-11
- Compelling and immersive story
- Unique and dark atmosphere
- Strong voice acting
- Obtuse and confusing puzzles
- Frequent softlocks
- Guide dependency
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
- 3,724
- Positive
- 3,31088.9%
- Negative
- 41411.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 283,377
- Estimated revenue
- $2,830,936
- Game price
- $10
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 373.33%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,816
- Estimated revenue lost
- $28,132
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 373.3% Avg playtime 0.9h | 12411.2% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 948.5% Avg playtime 6.6h | 85777.1% Avg playtime 10.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 2.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 16.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,585.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,112 total
Organic purchasers99889.7%
Voted up: 88%
Key activations11410.3%
Voted up: 88%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,112 total
First impression0-2h21018.9%
Voted up: 81%
Mid game2-10h70463.3%
Voted up: 89%
Late game10-20h16414.7%
Voted up: 91%
Endgame20h+343.06%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
86.7%
Global baseline 88.2%
15 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 3,724 total.