Gothic 1
Last updated: 2025-12-24
- Immersive story and world-building captivates players
- Unique faction system adds depth and replayability
- Challenging but rewarding gameplay experience
- Outdated and frustrating combat system
- Unintuitive and clunky controls hinder enjoyment
- Frequent bugs and crashes disrupt gameplay
Emotions
Frustration21%Nostalgia19%Satisfaction10%Admiration8%Excitement6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 16,834
- Positive
- 15,54592.3%
- Negative
- 1,2897.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,112,860
- Estimated revenue
- $22,246,071
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 843.58%
- Estimated copies lost
- 5,553
- Estimated revenue lost
- $111,004
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 843.6% Avg playtime 0.5h | 1215.2% Avg playtime 0.7h |
| > 2h playtime | 1616.9% Avg playtime 67.5h | 1,97884.4% Avg playtime 60.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 6.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 32.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,621.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,344 total
Organic purchasers1,64070.0%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations70430.0%
Voted up: 89%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,343 total
First impression0-2h25010.7%
Voted up: 64%
Mid game2-10h33814.4%
Voted up: 84%
Late game10-20h29212.5%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+1,46362.4%
Voted up: 94%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
92.9%
Global baseline 89.5%
14 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 16,834 total.