Narcos: Rise of the Cartels Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-23
- Manual shooting and counterattack system
- Enjoyable overall gameplay loop
- One unit per turn cripples squads
- Positive visual presentation praised
- Poor enemy AI behavior
- Wait for a sale
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mixed (5/10)
- Total reviews
- 709
- Positive
- 36451.3%
- Negative
- 34548.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 63,261
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 2723.28%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,409
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 2723.3% Avg playtime 0.9h | 21.7% Avg playtime 0.7h |
| > 2h playtime | 4337.1% Avg playtime 19.4h | 4437.9% Avg playtime 23h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 4.9 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,476.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
116 total
Organic purchasers116100.0%
Voted up: 40%
Key activations00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
116 total
First impression0-2h4740.5%
Voted up: 26%
Mid game2-10h3832.8%
Voted up: 37%
Late game10-20h1311.2%
Voted up: 38%
Endgame20h+1815.5%
Voted up: 83%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 39.7%
2 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 709 total.