Shadows of Doubt Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-21
- Overwhelmingly positive player reception
- Strong and unique core concept
- Top detective simulator experience
- Engaging investigation gameplay
- Persistent game-breaking bugs
- Unfinished and unpolished state
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMnegativeWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 17,903
- Positive
- 14,69082.1%
- Negative
- 3,21317.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,294,431
- Estimated revenue
- $32,347,831
- Game price
- $25
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 773.86%
- Estimated copies lost
- 5,567
- Estimated revenue lost
- $139,119
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 773.9% Avg playtime 0.9h | 281.4% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 48524.3% Avg playtime 31.4h | 1,40670.4% Avg playtime 43.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 3.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 95.5 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,275.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,996 total
Organic purchasers1,57779.0%
Voted up: 72%
Key activations41921.0%
Voted up: 72%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,996 total
First impression0-2h1326.61%
Voted up: 37%
Mid game2-10h49124.6%
Voted up: 68%
Late game10-20h43421.7%
Voted up: 74%
Endgame20h+93947.0%
Voted up: 78%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
52.0%
Global baseline 71.8%
25 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 17,903 total.