Gothic® 3 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-06
- Exceptional soundtrack by Kai Rosenkranz
- Massive seamless open world praised
- Highly fun and addictive gameplay
- Timeless masterpiece and best RPG
- Community patches greatly improve game
- Unsatisfying combat system
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMnegativeWindows 12-15GB VRAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 12,436
- Positive
- 10,14081.5%
- Negative
- 2,29618.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 870,983
- Estimated revenue
- $17,410,950
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 524.91%
- Estimated copies lost
- 3,642
- Estimated revenue lost
- $72,804
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 524.9% Avg playtime 0.6h | 403.8% Avg playtime 0.6h |
| > 2h playtime | 16215.3% Avg playtime 46.6h | 80476% Avg playtime 104h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 14 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,696.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,058 total
Organic purchasers76872.6%
Voted up: 81%
Key activations29027.4%
Voted up: 77%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,058 total
First impression0-2h10710.1%
Voted up: 49%
Mid game2-10h16615.7%
Voted up: 76%
Late game10-20h12211.5%
Voted up: 74%
Endgame20h+66362.7%
Voted up: 87%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
77.8%
Global baseline 79.8%
9 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 12,436 total.