Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-17
- Fast and satisfying combat
- Outstanding soundtrack and music
- Captivating and well-paced story
- Slow story pacing
- Outdated graphics quality
- Confusing map navigation
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 6,986
- Positive
- 6,30990.3%
- Negative
- 6779.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 503,115
- Estimated revenue
- $20,119,569
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 60.78%
- Estimated copies lost
- 432
- Estimated revenue lost
- $17,276
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 60.8% Avg playtime 0.8h | 162.1% Avg playtime 0.7h |
| > 2h playtime | 476.1% Avg playtime 41.7h | 69991% Avg playtime 60.3h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 17.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,013 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
768 total
Organic purchasers68088.5%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations8811.5%
Voted up: 92%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
768 total
First impression0-2h334.30%
Voted up: 76%
Mid game2-10h698.98%
Voted up: 78%
Late game10-20h405.21%
Voted up: 73%
Endgame20h+62681.5%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
97.5%
Global baseline 93.1%
40 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 6,986 total.