S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-21
- Best of the original trilogy
- Interesting and charming game
- Excellent side quests
- Frequent bugs and crashes
- Short and simple story
- Aged graphics and technology
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 31,596
- Positive
- 30,13295.4%
- Negative
- 1,4644.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 2,155,137
- Estimated revenue
- $43,081,189
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 332.85%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,251
- Estimated revenue lost
- $44,997
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 332.8% Avg playtime 0.6h | 554.7% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 756.5% Avg playtime 24.1h | 99585.9% Avg playtime 69.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 2.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 16.5 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,770.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,158 total
Organic purchasers89977.6%
Voted up: 91%
Key activations25922.4%
Voted up: 88%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,158 total
First impression0-2h1089.33%
Voted up: 68%
Mid game2-10h24721.3%
Voted up: 86%
Late game10-20h28424.5%
Voted up: 93%
Endgame20h+51944.8%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
85.7%
Global baseline 90.7%
7 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 31,596 total.