Control Ultimate Edition
Last updated: 2025-12-20
- Dynamic telekinetic combat system enhances gameplay
- Unique and immersive atmosphere captivates players
- Engaging narrative with deep and rich lore
- Repetitive and uninspired gameplay loops
- Frustrating navigation and map design issues
- Inconsistent FPS and poor optimization problems
Emotions
Frustration24%Disappointment12%Excitement11%Satisfaction8%Enjoyment4%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 55,907
- Positive
- 48,38386.5%
- Negative
- 7,52413.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 3,950,192
- Estimated revenue
- $157,968,178
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 2983.56%
- Estimated copies lost
- 21,056
- Estimated revenue lost
- $842,029
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 3013.6% Avg playtime 1h | 1722.1% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,31615.7% Avg playtime 18.2h | 6,59378.7% Avg playtime 33.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 4.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 29.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 167.8 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,940.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
8,382 total
Organic purchasers7,11284.8%
Voted up: 81%
Key activations1,27015.2%
Voted up: 80%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
8,382 total
First impression0-2h6117.29%
Voted up: 45%
Mid game2-10h2,22726.6%
Voted up: 71%
Late game10-20h1,94923.3%
Voted up: 82%
Endgame20h+3,59542.9%
Voted up: 92%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
74.3%
Global baseline 80.7%
245 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 55,907 total.