Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-17
- Excellent soundtrack and music
- Fast and fluid combat
- Charming visuals and sprite work
- Dash jump mechanic frustrating
- Excessive grinding required
- Weakest Ys series entry
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
- 1,518
- Positive
- 1,36289.7%
- Negative
- 15610.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 109,527
- Estimated revenue
- $2,189,445
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 31.12%
- Estimated copies lost
- 216
- Estimated revenue lost
- $4,318
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 31.1% Avg playtime 0.8h | 72.6% Avg playtime 0.5h |
| > 2h playtime | 259.3% Avg playtime 17.5h | 23386.9% Avg playtime 18.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.6 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 4.8 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,093.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
268 total
Organic purchasers23888.8%
Voted up: 89%
Key activations3011.2%
Voted up: 90%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
268 total
First impression0-2h155.60%
Voted up: 73%
Mid game2-10h7226.9%
Voted up: 81%
Late game10-20h12948.1%
Voted up: 94%
Endgame20h+5219.4%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
75.0%
Global baseline 89.6%
12 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,518 total.