The Thing: Remastered Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-11-14
- Visually faithful remaster
- Improved graphics significantly
- Fun classic shooter gameplay
- Smooth modern PC performance
- Generic story
- Outdated gameplay and clunky controls
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositiveWindows 12-15GB 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
- 1,469
- Positive
- 1,31689.6%
- Negative
- 15310.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 112,682
- Estimated revenue
- $3,379,333
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 392.65%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,992
- Estimated revenue lost
- $89,730
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 402.7% Avg playtime 1h | 1016.9% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1137.7% Avg playtime 7.2h | 1,21582.7% Avg playtime 11.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 187.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 708.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,469 total
Organic purchasers1,24384.6%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations22615.4%
Voted up: 89%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,469 total
First impression0-2h26618.1%
Voted up: 84%
Mid game2-10h98467.0%
Voted up: 90%
Late game10-20h18412.5%
Voted up: 93%
Endgame20h+352.38%
Voted up: 94%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
93.2%
Global baseline 89.6%
88 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,469 total.