Escape from Tarkov Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-17
- Unique extraction shooter gameplay
- Superb shooting mechanics and immersion
- Rich lore and tense atmosphere
- Rampant cheating problems
- Overpriced with poor netcode
- Repetitive quests and unfair matchmaking
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 8-11GB VRAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mixed (5/10)
- Total reviews
- 53,697
- Positive
- 25,86248.2%
- Negative
- 27,83551.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 4,056,175
- Estimated revenue
- $202,768,188
- Game price
- $50
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 4,7218.79%
- Estimated copies lost
- 356,616
- Estimated revenue lost
- $17,827,234
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 4,7458.8% Avg playtime 0.9h | 5981.1% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 23,07143% Avg playtime 249.2h | 25,27147.1% Avg playtime 337.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 251.8 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 92.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 36,920 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 213.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
53,685 total
Organic purchasers47,47088.4%
Voted up: 48%
Key activations6,21511.6%
Voted up: 47%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
53,685 total
First impression0-2h12,64623.6%
Voted up: 24%
Mid game2-10h11,33721.1%
Voted up: 41%
Late game10-20h5,40010.1%
Voted up: 54%
Endgame20h+24,30245.3%
Voted up: 63%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
25.0%
Global baseline 48.2%
4 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 53,697 total.