Gothic 1 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-06
- Legendary RPG classic
- Excellent immersive atmosphere
- Great story praised
- Confusing and unusual controls
- Clunky and outdated combat
- Numerous bugs and glitches
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositiveWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 18,365
- Positive
- 17,00092.6%
- Negative
- 1,3657.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,231,941
- Estimated revenue
- $24,626,501
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 522.30%
- Estimated copies lost
- 3,488
- Estimated revenue lost
- $69,725
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 522.3% Avg playtime 0.6h | 984.3% Avg playtime 0.7h |
| > 2h playtime | 893.9% Avg playtime 48.6h | 2,01889.4% Avg playtime 63.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 2.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 31.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,906.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,257 total
Organic purchasers1,65973.5%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations59826.5%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,257 total
First impression0-2h1938.55%
Voted up: 72%
Mid game2-10h34415.2%
Voted up: 90%
Late game10-20h27612.2%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+1,44464.0%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
91.3%
Global baseline 93.8%
23 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 18,365 total.