LIGHTNING RETURNS™: FINAL FANTASY® XIII — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$1.58Mest

grossAtFullPrice $1.58M · promo blend

Net to developer

$1.02Mest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

198,149▼ 100.0%

0 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$00% of LTD

0 units · $0.00 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 4,003 reviews collected over 10.4 years; balanced multi-language audience; non-Early-Access.

01 Revenue · monthly

Gross consumer spend USD

Gross

02 Lifetime breakdown

Launch window vs tail · units & spend

30 days launch window

Launch · units

00.0%

Tail · units

198K

198,149100.0%

Launch · gross

$00.0%

Tail · gross

$1.58M

$1.58M100.0%

Net to dev

$1.02M

$1.02M64.4%

01 Like Score

qualityScore = Σ inbound · log₁₀(reviews+1) · positive% · rank-bonus

Tier B · ▲ 51 7d

DCB ●AS

Inbound

120

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

82%

→ 159

Score history · 30d retention

38 (14d ago)159 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank LIGHTNING RETURNS™: FINAL FANTASY® XIII · 120 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 159

Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy7.1K reviews · 97% pos · GAMEPULSE 游戏脉冲 · 2024

+3.7

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale6.6K reviews · 95% pos · EasyGameStation · 2010

+3.6

RWBY: Grimm Eclipse9.8K reviews · 81% pos · Rooster Teeth Games · 2016

+3.2

fault - milestone one2.4K reviews · 93% pos · ALICE IN DISSONANCE · 2014

+3.1

My Sticker Book1.4K reviews · 97% pos · ElementSu · 2022

+3.0

Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe1.6K reviews · 95% pos · Trinket Studios · 2017

+3.0

Touhou Genso Wanderer -Reloaded-1.7K reviews · 93% pos · AQUASTYLE · 2018

+3.0

永远消失的幻想乡～ The Disappearing of Gensokyo3.0K reviews · 84% pos · MyACG Studio · 2018

+2.9

Artis Impact2.2K reviews · 85% pos · Mas · 2025

+2.8

Helen's Mysterious Castle856 reviews · 93% pos · Satsu · 2016

+2.7

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+31.0

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Outbound MLT · 30 games

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Review score

6/ 9

Mostly Positive

% positive

78.0%cohort 71%

3,122 pos · 878 neg

Total reviews

4.0Ktracked

4,000 crawled

Velocity · 30d

1 / dayest

20 this month

Steam-purchase rate

83.5%flat

16.4% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive

27 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

54.2%2,16778%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

6.3%25383%

ESSpanish

6.0%24175%

ZHSimplified Chinese

4.6%18387%

TWTraditional Chinese

4.2%16889%

FRFrench

4.0%16273%

JAJapanese

3.9%15476%

DEGerman

3.8%15369%

KOKorean

3.8%15369%

RURussian

2.9%11774%

ITItalian

1.4%5465%

THThai

1.3%5092%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 285

50%positive

7.1% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 1,031

64%positive

25.8% of reviews

10-100h 2,366

85%positive

59.2% of reviews

100h+ 318

96%positive

8.0% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 3,122Negative 878

19814999500

16·0117·0518·0920·0121·0522·0924·0125·0526·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

4,000 reviews

Free product

55/ 4,000

1.4% of total84% positive

Early access

0/ 4,000

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

603/ 4,000

15.1% of total78% positive

Steam Deck

26/ 4,000

0.7% of total54% positive

Steam purchase

3,342/ 4,000

83.5% of total78% positive

Recommended

3,122/ 4,000

78.0% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

878/ 4,000

21.9% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

4,000/ 4,000

100.0% of total78% positive

4,003 reviews · 78% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.