Timberborn Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-06
- Engaging resource and water management mechanics.
- Highly recommended city-building experience.
- Unique and enjoyable beaver-centric gameplay.
- Challenging and rewarding gameplay experience.
- Lack of clear objectives and guidance.
- Performance and optimization issues reported.
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 8-11GB VRAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 39,374
- Positive
- 37,73195.8%
- Negative
- 1,6434.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 2,613,622
- Estimated revenue
- $91,450,634
- Game price
- $35
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 430.48%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,854
- Estimated revenue lost
- $99,861
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 450.5% Avg playtime 1.1h | 420.5% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 2803.1% Avg playtime 129.7h | 8,53795.9% Avg playtime 214.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 5.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 29.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 189.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,693.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
8,904 total
Organic purchasers7,82587.9%
Voted up: 96%
Key activations1,07912.1%
Voted up: 97%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
8,904 total
First impression0-2h1551.74%
Voted up: 68%
Mid game2-10h1,08812.2%
Voted up: 92%
Late game10-20h1,02611.5%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+6,63574.5%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
96.2%
Global baseline 96.3%
52 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 39,374 total.