Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-01
- Nemesis system highly praised
- Fluid and satisfying combat
- Engaging and well-developed story
- Stunning and improved graphics
- Repetitive gameplay mechanics
- Frequent bugs and crashes
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixedWindows 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
- 115,169
- Positive
- 102,35188.9%
- Negative
- 12,81811.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 7,323,045
- Estimated revenue
- $366,079,020
- Game price
- $50
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 901.00%
- Estimated copies lost
- 5,723
- Estimated revenue lost
- $286,093
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 901% Avg playtime 1.1h | 740.8% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 7688.5% Avg playtime 40.2h | 8,11389.7% Avg playtime 73.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2.9 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 18.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 145.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,156.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
9,045 total
Organic purchasers6,55572.5%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations2,49027.5%
Voted up: 92%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
9,045 total
First impression0-2h2212.44%
Voted up: 55%
Mid game2-10h1,64718.2%
Voted up: 86%
Late game10-20h1,40215.5%
Voted up: 90%
Endgame20h+5,77563.8%
Voted up: 93%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
83.0%
Global baseline 90.5%
135 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 115,169 total.