Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-04-25
- Enjoyable gameplay mechanics
- Unique gravity gun mechanics
- Fun with friends
- Empty or dead servers
- Limited maps and game modes
- Server and connectivity issues
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
- 15,098
- Positive
- 13,70690.8%
- Negative
- 1,3929.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 960,246
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 946.89%
- Estimated copies lost
- 5,978
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 946.9% Avg playtime 0.6h | 37227.3% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 503.7% Avg playtime 119.2h | 84862.2% Avg playtime 417.3h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 3.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 17.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 5,313.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,364 total
Organic purchasers86663.5%
Voted up: 89%
Key activations49836.5%
Voted up: 90%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,364 total
First impression0-2h52538.5%
Voted up: 81%
Mid game2-10h49636.4%
Voted up: 95%
Late game10-20h1198.72%
Voted up: 93%
Endgame20h+22416.4%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
62.5%
Global baseline 89.4%
8 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 15,098 total.