Hell Let Loose
Last updated: 2026-01-27
- Immersive WWII realism and atmosphere
- Steep but rewarding learning curve
- Diverse and meaningful player roles
- Toxic community and poor communication
- Frequent bugs and unfinished game state
- Cheating and anti-cheat failures
Emotions
Frustration36%Disappointment14%Satisfaction7%Excitement5%Anger4%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 144,089
- Positive
- 117,99581.9%
- Negative
- 26,09418.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 9,652,953
- Estimated revenue
- $482,551,120
- Game price
- $50
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 5654.63%
- Estimated copies lost
- 37,851
- Estimated revenue lost
- $1,892,171
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 5684.7% Avg playtime 0.8h | 1871.5% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 2,35519.3% Avg playtime 258.6h | 9,10574.5% Avg playtime 212.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 34.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 277.9 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,426.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
12,215 total
Organic purchasers8,94973.3%
Voted up: 78%
Key activations3,26626.7%
Voted up: 71%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
12,215 total
First impression0-2h9147.48%
Voted up: 32%
Mid game2-10h2,20718.1%
Voted up: 73%
Late game10-20h1,45511.9%
Voted up: 80%
Endgame20h+7,63962.5%
Voted up: 82%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
64.7%
Global baseline 76.1%
17 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 144,089 total.