Batman: Arkham City
Last updated: 2026-02-14
- Excellent voice acting and highly praised story
- Combat mechanics and gadgets highly appreciated
- Immersive experience with beautiful, vast city
- Criticisms on story, writing, and technical issues
- Bugs and DRM authentication problems reported
- Repetitive gameplay and camera problems noted
Emotions
Players feel immersed in the Batman experience through the use of various gadgets, exploring a vast city, and engaging in cinematic combat. The game's mix of genres, detailed mythology, and impressive action scenes contribute to this excitement, along with the dense world and numerous activities.
Players are satisfied with the engaging gameplay and rich storyline. The improved gameplay variety, new features, and the amount of content, including patrolling the streets, contribute to this feeling.
Some players are disappointed with the combat mechanics and scenario. Additional criticisms include the lack of a cooperative mode, poor voice acting, and an excess of villains, which can feel overwhelming.
Players experience frustration due to technical issues such as the game asking for a serial number and not loading. Additionally, the lack of direction, repetitive tasks, and complex button combos contribute to this frustration.
The game's engaging side missions and fantastically engaging world capture the player's interest. The story and additional side quests keep players engaged throughout the game.
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 2,136
- Positive
- 2,10098.3%
- Negative
- 361.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 156,125
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 10.92%
- Estimated copies lost
- 73
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 10.9% Avg playtime 0.6h | 65.5% Avg playtime 0.4h |
| > 2h playtime | 87.3% Avg playtime 25.9h | 9486.2% Avg playtime 48.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 4.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 5,180.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
109 total
Organic purchasers8073.4%
Voted up: 91%
Key activations2926.6%
Voted up: 93%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
106 total
First impression0-2h54.59%
Voted up: 60%
Mid game2-10h76.42%
Voted up: 57%
Late game10-20h1513.8%
Voted up: 87%
Endgame20h+7972.5%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
N/A
Global baseline 91.7%
0 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 2,136 total.