Crimson Desert Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-07
- Stunning graphics and visuals
- Vast open world exploration
- Engaging and fun combat
- Abundant content and activities
- Story is weak and uninspiring
- Controls are clunky and unintuitive
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB 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
- 171,590
- Positive
- 143,75683.8%
- Negative
- 27,83416.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 11,161,128
- Estimated revenue
- $781,167,349
- Game price
- $70
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 5,1823.02%
- Estimated copies lost
- 337,065
- Estimated revenue lost
- $23,591,179
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 5,2053% Avg playtime 1h | 9060.5% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 22,58913.2% Avg playtime 71h | 142,86183.3% Avg playtime 134.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1,001.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 195.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 171.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
171,561 total
Organic purchasers113,12865.9%
Voted up: 84%
Key activations58,43334.1%
Voted up: 84%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
171,561 total
First impression0-2h11,8416.90%
Voted up: 40%
Mid game2-10h36,81821.5%
Voted up: 82%
Late game10-20h28,42816.6%
Voted up: 88%
Endgame20h+94,47455.1%
Voted up: 89%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
81.8%
Global baseline 83.8%
292 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 171,590 total.