Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-20
- Gorgeous pixel art
- Fun and engaging gameplay
- Great roguelite autobattler
- Low replay value
- Not worth full price
- PvP balance issues
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 3,330
- Positive
- 2,80184.1%
- Negative
- 52915.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 249,692
- Estimated revenue
- $4,991,343
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 238.55%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,725
- Estimated revenue lost
- $34,483
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 238.6% Avg playtime 0.9h | 103.7% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 4516.7% Avg playtime 14.2h | 19171% Avg playtime 46.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 11.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,708.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
269 total
Organic purchasers23587.4%
Voted up: 76%
Key activations3412.6%
Voted up: 65%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
269 total
First impression0-2h5018.6%
Voted up: 50%
Mid game2-10h12446.1%
Voted up: 73%
Late game10-20h4316.0%
Voted up: 88%
Endgame20h+5219.3%
Voted up: 90%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
66.7%
Global baseline 74.7%
6 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 3,330 total.