Mindustry Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-16
- Factory building tower defense hybrid
- Highly addictive gameplay loop
- Excellent value for money
- Chronic resource shortages hinder progress
- Thorium reactors explode unexpectedly
- Conveyor belts tangle and misconnect
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositiveWindows <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
- 28,482
- Positive
- 27,26395.7%
- Negative
- 1,2194.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 2,145,727
- Estimated revenue
- $21,435,813
- Game price
- $10
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 330.87%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,486
- Estimated revenue lost
- $24,835
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 330.9% Avg playtime 1h | 471.2% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1654.4% Avg playtime 83.3h | 3,53493.5% Avg playtime 123h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 10 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 76.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,575.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
3,779 total
Organic purchasers3,32387.9%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations45612.1%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
3,779 total
First impression0-2h1574.15%
Voted up: 76%
Mid game2-10h79821.1%
Voted up: 94%
Late game10-20h56114.8%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+2,26359.9%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
90.9%
Global baseline 94.8%
11 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 28,482 total.