Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-22
- Co-op enhances fun
- Improvements over first game
- Engaging story
- Bugs and glitches everywhere
- Repetitive missions and quests
- Feels like DLC expansion
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositiveWindows 16GB+ VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 13,056
- Positive
- 9,27971.1%
- Negative
- 3,77728.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 870,400
- Estimated revenue
- $17,399,296
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1097.85%
- Estimated copies lost
- 7,267
- Estimated revenue lost
- $145,267
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1107.9% Avg playtime 0.9h | 896.4% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 32123.1% Avg playtime 15.9h | 86962.6% Avg playtime 46.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 3.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 23.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,765.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,389 total
Organic purchasers63345.6%
Voted up: 74%
Key activations75654.4%
Voted up: 65%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,389 total
First impression0-2h22516.2%
Voted up: 48%
Mid game2-10h46533.5%
Voted up: 65%
Late game10-20h35125.3%
Voted up: 72%
Endgame20h+34825.1%
Voted up: 85%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
45.5%
Global baseline 69.0%
22 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 13,056 total.