Sonic Forces Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-01
- Fun and enjoyable gameplay
- Excellent soundtrack and impressive graphics
- Diverse gameplay styles and level design variety
- Weak and disappointing story
- Clunky Classic Sonic gameplay
- Short and uninspired levels
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mixed (5/10)
- Total reviews
- 8,517
- Positive
- 5,05459.3%
- Negative
- 3,46340.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 643,909
- Estimated revenue
- $25,749,921
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 374.46%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,797
- Estimated revenue lost
- $111,852
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 374.5% Avg playtime 1.1h | 121.4% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 30837.1% Avg playtime 13.8h | 47357% Avg playtime 21.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 15.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,127.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
830 total
Organic purchasers65078.3%
Voted up: 62%
Key activations18021.7%
Voted up: 44%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
830 total
First impression0-2h829.88%
Voted up: 38%
Mid game2-10h46355.8%
Voted up: 57%
Late game10-20h13316.0%
Voted up: 65%
Endgame20h+15218.3%
Voted up: 66%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
60.0%
Global baseline 58.4%
30 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 8,517 total.