Outer Wilds Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-04-20
- Incredible and emotional storytelling experience.
- Excellent puzzle-solving and exploration mechanics.
- Immersive space exploration gameplay.
- Beautiful music and art style presentation.
- Game can be frustrating at times.
- Controls are difficult and frustrating to master.
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 100,490
- Positive
- 96,09895.6%
- Negative
- 4,3924.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 6,903,204
- Estimated revenue
- $172,511,068
- Game price
- $25
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 2421.29%
- Estimated copies lost
- 16,624
- Estimated revenue lost
- $415,434
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 2431.3% Avg playtime 1h | 1991.1% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 6753.6% Avg playtime 15.9h | 17,60894% Avg playtime 37.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 8.8 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 54.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 418.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,131.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
18,725 total
Organic purchasers14,67978.4%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations4,04621.6%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
18,725 total
First impression0-2h5753.07%
Voted up: 55%
Mid game2-10h2,15211.5%
Voted up: 85%
Late game10-20h3,84820.6%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+12,15064.9%
Voted up: 99%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
91.1%
Global baseline 95.1%
440 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 100,490 total.