DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-22
- Great atmosphere and visuals
- Interesting dual-wield system
- Large content volume
- Enemy placement poorly designed
- Controls imprecise and janky
- Bosses too easy and forgettable
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositiveWindows 12-15GB VRAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 129,793
- Positive
- 108,92583.9%
- Negative
- 20,86816.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 8,711,759
- Estimated revenue
- $348,383,242
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1270.91%
- Estimated copies lost
- 8,524
- Estimated revenue lost
- $340,875
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1270.9% Avg playtime 0.9h | 1080.8% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 2,56918.3% Avg playtime 55.7h | 11,21280% Avg playtime 94.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 3.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 37 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 210.8 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,097.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
14,016 total
Organic purchasers8,69162.0%
Voted up: 82%
Key activations5,32538.0%
Voted up: 79%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
14,016 total
First impression0-2h3802.71%
Voted up: 53%
Mid game2-10h1,66811.9%
Voted up: 70%
Late game10-20h1,45210.4%
Voted up: 73%
Endgame20h+10,51675.0%
Voted up: 84%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
84.4%
Global baseline 80.8%
218 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 129,793 total.