STEINS;GATE
Last updated: 2026-01-18
- Masterful storytelling and deep immersion
- Rich character development and arcs
- Innovative time-travel mechanics explored
- Slow early-game pacing frustrates players
- Protagonist’s behavior alienates audiences
- True ending requires external guides
Emotions
Frustration14%Admiration7%Excitement7%Satisfaction5%Disappointment5%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 24,605
- Positive
- 23,88597.1%
- Negative
- 7202.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,835,195
- Estimated revenue
- $55,037,498
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 500.93%
- Estimated copies lost
- 3,729
- Estimated revenue lost
- $111,833
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 500.9% Avg playtime 1h | 1041.9% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1913.6% Avg playtime 20.9h | 5,02593.6% Avg playtime 45.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 12.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 95.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,418.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
5,370 total
Organic purchasers5,15896.1%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations2123.95%
Voted up: 97%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
5,369 total
First impression0-2h2304.28%
Voted up: 76%
Mid game2-10h77014.3%
Voted up: 91%
Late game10-20h62711.7%
Voted up: 93%
Endgame20h+3,74269.7%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
90.7%
Global baseline 95.5%
108 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 24,605 total.