Grand Theft Auto V Legacy Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-02
- Los Santos feels alive
- Game is fun
- Graphics hold up well
- Excessive grinding required
- Online mode is buggy
- Cheaters and hackers prevalent
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 2,076,110
- Positive
- 1,820,13587.7%
- Negative
- 255,97512.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 97,143,915
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1460.16%
- Estimated copies lost
- 6,832
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1470.2% Avg playtime 0.9h | 3510.4% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 6,2056.6% Avg playtime 675h | 86,74992.8% Avg playtime 399.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 22.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 199.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 1,316.5 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,140.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
93,452 total
Organic purchasers81,14686.8%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations12,30613.2%
Voted up: 92%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
93,452 total
First impression0-2h1,0011.07%
Voted up: 79%
Mid game2-10h13,83814.8%
Voted up: 96%
Late game10-20h9,99510.7%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+68,61873.4%
Voted up: 93%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
83.8%
Global baseline 93.2%
130 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 2,076,110 total.