Wuthering Waves Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-16
- Combat is fluid and satisfying
- Game is fun and engaging
- Graphics are top quality
- Optimization is very poor
- Gacha system is predatory
- Story is mediocre and slow
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixedWindows 8-11GB 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
- 54,174
- Positive
- 47,63787.9%
- Negative
- 6,53712.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 3,589,168
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 7292.13%
- Estimated copies lost
- 48,298
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 7342.1% Avg playtime 0.9h | 7402.2% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 3,69910.8% Avg playtime 126.8h | 29,05584.9% Avg playtime 214.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 72.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 62.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 5,036.5 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 474.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
34,228 total
Organic purchasers34,228100.0%
Voted up: 87%
Key activations00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
34,228 total
First impression0-2h2,1636.32%
Voted up: 59%
Mid game2-10h5,49016.0%
Voted up: 82%
Late game10-20h3,72210.9%
Voted up: 89%
Endgame20h+22,85366.8%
Voted up: 90%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
83.9%
Global baseline 87.0%
224 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 54,174 total.