CONTROL Resonant Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-25
- Smooth and fun gameplay
- Melee combat excels
- Challenging but fair combat
- Stunning visuals and combat
- Combat system feels boring
- Poor performance and optimization
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAM / 16-31GB 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
- 2,124
- Positive
- 1,86487.8%
- Negative
- 26012.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 123,358
- Estimated revenue
- $7,400,246
- Game price
- $60
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1497.03%
- Estimated copies lost
- 8,654
- Estimated revenue lost
- $519,153
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1507.1% Avg playtime 1.1h | 25812.2% Avg playtime 1.3h |
| > 2h playtime | 1085.1% Avg playtime 4.8h | 1,60475.7% Avg playtime 6.3h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2,720.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 70.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 0.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,120 total
Organic purchasers1,45768.7%
Voted up: 88%
Key activations66331.3%
Voted up: 88%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,120 total
First impression0-2h73334.6%
Voted up: 76%
Mid game2-10h1,31261.9%
Voted up: 94%
Late game10-20h653.07%
Voted up: 98%
Endgame20h+100.47%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
71.4%
Global baseline 87.8%
7 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 2,124 total.