The Long Dark Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-13
- Praised survival mode and immersive atmosphere.
- Unique artistic style and customizable difficulty levels.
- Engaging story, exploration, and satisfying conclusion.
- Challenging, rewarding gameplay with high-quality sound design.
- Excessive, game-breaking bugs and poor storyline.
- Disappointing ending, long cutscenes, and poor feedback handling.
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 123,260
- Positive
- 109,56988.9%
- Negative
- 13,69111.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 8,268,763
- Estimated revenue
- $165,292,572
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 3122.46%
- Estimated copies lost
- 20,930
- Estimated revenue lost
- $418,391
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 3132.5% Avg playtime 0.8h | 3202.5% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 2,54020.1% Avg playtime 167.9h | 9,48774.9% Avg playtime 182.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 53.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 120.5 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,229.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
12,660 total
Organic purchasers11,44290.4%
Voted up: 78%
Key activations1,2189.62%
Voted up: 76%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
12,660 total
First impression0-2h8036.34%
Voted up: 57%
Mid game2-10h2,32618.4%
Voted up: 84%
Late game10-20h1,50811.9%
Voted up: 84%
Endgame20h+8,02363.4%
Voted up: 76%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
78.0%
Global baseline 77.5%
91 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 123,260 total.